<VV> Intermittent headlights

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Sounds like a flaky circuit breaker in the headlight switch itself. The fact it gets better briefly when you turn the lights off is the clue, the breaker cools down. 
Try another headlight switch, I'll bet all will be good with the world again! So to speak...


 


 

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From: Edelstein and Payne <eandp at mindspring.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 8:26 am
Subject: <VV> Intermittent headlights










Folks,

     Last night I was driving our 65 500 coupe and the headlights (and 
presumably the tail lights) suddenly went out.  Pulling the headlight switch in 
and out, and twisting the knob right and left had no effect.  They finally came 
back on after just pushing the switch in and leaving it in the off position for 
maybe 30 seconds or so, and then pulling the switch back out.  Driving back home 
they blinked or flickered a couple of times but stayed on.  I wanted to make 
them go off again so I could begin to track down the problem, but twisting the 
headlight knob or wiggling it back and forth did not make them go off.  Also, it 
does not seem like a loose connection, because driving over rough roads did not 
make them go out, and when they went out we were on a smooth road and had not 
hit a bump or pot hole.  My son said he encountered a similar problem a couple 
weeks ago, and again, pushing the switch in a leaving it for a while is what 
made them come back on.

20    I hate these intermittent kind of problems, ‘cause you can’t fix it until 
it’s broke.  Anyone got an idea of what the problem may be?  We replaced the 
headlight switch a couple months ago, so that shouldn’t be bad (although if I 
can’t find any other problem, I’m not opposed to doing that again).  

     Thanks for your help.

              Travis Payne               65 Monza coupe
              Raleigh, NC                65 500 coupe
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