High beam problem

[joeytattoo]

O.K. I went out and started the pathy last week and turned on my head lights and I caught a reflection off the car in front of me it looked like one of them was out so I turned on my high beams and they came on for a fraction of a second then pop both stoped working .I thought it was a fuse or something but they are fine but my highs still wont come on . Does any one know what is wrong? could it be the switch or a fuse under the hood some where? :confused: thanks

 

Joey

[hardwaretoad]

Is it just your highbeams? If so, there's a good chance that it's the contacts in your combo switch. There's about a half dozen screws that hold the 2 halves of your steering column together. Once you're in there pop the combo switch loose (2 screws), just a matter of opening it up ~ carefully ~ and cleaning the brass contacts. They also might need some tender tweaking so that they make better contact.

 

That works alot of times but to replace the whole schlemeel is what I did... the cams inside on mine were worn past the point of no return, no surprise seeing how the whole thing's plastic. Should be under a C note for a new one ~ and 10 minutes of your time. :contract: