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Subject:Re: Headlights Still Out
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:44:41 -0700

I always suspected the part I replaced last, or the installation thereof.  Any way to check that switch?

Karl Wolz
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On Oct 15, 2012, at 4:13 PM, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Cunegonde has just one headlight mode again - the driver highbeam.
> All four marker lights and turnsignals work normally.
> 
> The dashboard rocker switch is new and correct for 1983 (I just
> replaced it today)
> The headlights and front turn signals have brand new spliced-in
> grounds behind the grille. (Last week) I gave up on the star grounds
> near the fuse panel.
> The upgraded halogen bulbs have been tested off the car to both work
> in both modes.
> 
> There is no power to the socket connectors except driver highbeam,
> whether car is running or not.
> Heater fans, defroster, and radio work normally, so not a generic
> X-Circuit problem - probably not the steering column key switch,
> either?
> 
> I'm stumped, and with early sunsets here in the PNW, I desperately
> need the headlights to work! Ideas?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Bretts
> 
> 1983 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde"