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Subject:Headlight Problem
From:Roy Olynick
Date:Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:04:14 -0500

The headlights on my '87 Westy have been working intermittently for a number of
weeks. Wiggling the headlight switch used to bring the headlights back on so I
replaced the headlight switch with a new one assuming the switch was bad. After
a couple of weeks of working a-OK the headlights (low and high beam) do not come
on at all now. The blue indicator light for the high beams is lit, regardless of
whether or not high beams are selected. So, the culprit is the dimmer switch in
the steering wheel column, right? Not! The dimmer switch in the steering column
was replaced but didn't solve the dead headlight problem. I did notice the
headlight switch was very hot though.

Anyone have any idea why the headlights are not working?

Roy Olynick
'87 Westfalia GL
(till death do us part)
'91 Honda Civic SE
'01 Honda Civic LX

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