<VV> Intermittent headlights

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/2009 8:27:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
eandp at mindspring.com writes:

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.



Because you have already replaced the headlight switch I would replace the  
floor dimmer next.  The headlight switch circuit breakers I've had have  
usually caused the lights to flicker fairly continuously at a steady rate--they  
will not allow the lights to go out completely.  The floor dimmer switch is  down 
in the grit and moisture and will corrode.  I have had two go bad--one  in a 
Corvair and one in a Dodge van.  Rapidly stepping on the floor dimmer  to turn 
it on and off has solved the problem for me ttemporarily (and saved my  
skin).  It is now one of the first things I replace in a Corvair.   After you've 
checked the dimmer if you haven't already taken off the headlight  bezels and 
cleaned up the grounds on the headlight frames then that is a good  spring 
project.  But check the floor dimmer switch first; my money's  on that.
 
Bob Hall
Group Corvair
Washington DC suburbs
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