re
"When you pull back on the level it would not click to engage, you had
to hold it in place." ........

not intending to be offensive or anything .......but
are you sure the headlights were on when you did that ?

If the headlights are off, the high beam stalk will act as you describe.

Both ignition and headlights have to be on, to cycle back and forth between
low and  high beams.
if either are off,
it'll act as you describe.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Stewart" <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:54 PM
Subject: Brights When Switched On Dont Work

>I went to use my brights today while driving and they were working
> just fine. Could see the blue light come on the dash, then later after
> I had the car inspected (it passed) they did not click on.
>
> When you pull back on the level it would not click to engage, you had
> to hold it in place.
>
> Did something break that I was not aware of?
>
> Is it as simple as just needing to replace the lever for the head
> light/bright on the steering column?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Robert
> --
> Bloomingburg NY
> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
> 240,500 miles - 1988 automatic
> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com