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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 03:03 PM
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High Beams dont work, still.

There was a thread a while back talking about when the high beams dont work when you push the lever forward, but do when you pull it back. This is the same problem i'm having, but all of the fixes listed there didnt work for me.

I tried jiggling it all over the place, still no. I tried spraying electrical parts cleaner in there, still no.

Any new ideas guys? It kinda sucks when i'm going 80 on a curvey road at night and can only see 20 meters in front of me.
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 03:09 PM
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Re: High Beams dont work, still.

Originally posted by ioTus
There was a thread a while back talking about when the high beams dont work when you push the lever forward, but do when you pull it back. This is the same problem i'm having, but all of the fixes listed there didnt work for me.

I tried jiggling it all over the place, still no. I tried spraying electrical parts cleaner in there, still no.

Any new ideas guys? It kinda sucks when i'm going 80 on a curvey road at night and can only see 20 meters in front of me.
What you mean you tried spraying electrical parts cleaner in there? You can't just squirt it in, you need to take the steering wheel off and remove the combo switch and then clean the appropriate connections after taking the switch apart. Use a pink pencil eraser to clean the copper wiper connections, it works great. I had the exact same problem as you and this fixed it.

Right on.
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 03:10 PM
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Ok sweet. I'll do this when i'm installing my new steering wheel and silver gauge faces!

Thanks
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 11:33 PM
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that has happen to me b4 and it was the switch.
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