You should have dipped beams as well as mains, unless you can only get the
mains by using the headlamp flasher.
What dash and switch do you have? American rocker or UK toggle?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:54 AM
Subject: Switch still available?
> At the end of the ride I checked to lights and got trapped by King Lucas
> himself: Only the main beams were on.
> No sidelights, no rear lights, no gauge illumination. So as all cabling
was
> connected and the switch itself behaved not correctly, my conclusion is
the
> light switch has to be replaced.
>
> Earlier I have had a short in this circuit, where the switch had to carry
a
> very high current. The wire to the rheostat was fully burnt then. So I
assume
> the switch has come the end of its life.
>
> 1
> Are these switches still around
> 2
> What is a going price?
> 3
> Any hints what the easiest way is to remove the switch body from the dash?
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