[ROVERNET - UK] high beam dip switch

[geffandjulie]

My NADA 3500S has the original left side stalk. Pulling does light up the 
far beams, but the foot switch only will keep them on. I have the impression 
that it is the same switch with the high beam wires disconnected and routed 
thru the floor switch. As an older American, my foot gets a nostalgic twinge 
every time I push the high beams... I believe many states required floor 
switches until the Feds standardized on steering column stalks in the 60s or 
70s.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Robertson" <rover2000nut at hotmail.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:52 PM
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] high beam dip switch


>I changed my rusty old bent dip switch with a new one.......one of the bent 
>kind with the solid connector block on the wires..........since i couldn't 
>get the wires into the block because they were too close to the harness, i 
>cut the connector block off and soldered the old wires and bullets to the 
>new...........i can get the high beams too flash pulling it back but no 
>matter how i seem to connect the wires i can't get the high beams to come 
>on permantly..........don't you just have to push the dip switch up and it 
>works the high beams....( i don't have a floor switch)...........or have i 
>got the wrong dip switch...............an aside i have another new one but 
>it is opposite, in the wiring and insignia direction............do RHD cars 
>have the headlight dip switch on the right side of the steering 
>wheel............
> If anyone could look at their switch and tell me how it is wired(colour 
> codes)..one side of the switch has 2 wires (brown and blue/white)....they 
> seem to work the flashing of the high beams when you pull the 
> switch...................The other 3 on the front of the switch are blue, 
> blue/white, and blue/red................one of the 5 was connected in a 
> double bullet connector
>
> The wires only connect to 4 wires....a brown, blue/white,blue/red and a 
> blue.........
>
> Don't ask why i didn't mark them or remember...i gashed my head under the 
> dash and yanked the whole thing out when i ^##@@#%$^%*&&&U
>
> Any help would be appreciated.......or maybe i just have the wrong one for 
> my year of car.........if you push it up it does make a real click like 
> the old one
> Bill Robertson
>
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