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04-17-2020, 01:56 AM | #1 |
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Headlight switch
Hi I have wired in a new headlight switch in my 41 ford convertible and now high beam and low beam seem to be reversed .?????
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04-17-2020, 05:06 AM | #2 |
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Re: Headlight switch
Are we talking headligt indicator indicates on low beam ?? or what does reversed mean ??
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04-17-2020, 06:14 AM | #3 |
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Re: Headlight switch
need more info since the two beams are controlled by the foot switch.
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04-17-2020, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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Stock wire harness or an aftermarket (or home grown) harness?
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04-17-2020, 10:07 AM | #5 |
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Maybe a Southern Hemisphere thing?
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04-17-2020, 10:51 AM | #6 |
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04-17-2020, 03:31 PM | #7 |
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Re: Headlight switch
Not sure how you can reverse high and low beams on a foot switch?
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04-17-2020, 04:36 PM | #8 |
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Re: Headlight switch
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I think what everyone above is saying is that your recent wiring of the headlight switch doesn't explain this problem. Only one wire leaves the headlight switch to feed both high and low beams. Problem must be elsewhere, something mis-wired in the past. Because its easy to get to I would look at the inside of the fenders where two wires connect into each headlight loom. Would have been easy to transpose those two wires, and easy for you to correct that now. |
04-17-2020, 05:00 PM | #9 |
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Re: Headlight switch
indicator light in the dash displays the wrong beam?
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04-17-2020, 05:48 PM | #10 |
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Re: Headlight switch
The indicator light is wired to the wrong side of the foot switch.
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04-17-2020, 05:50 PM | #11 |
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04-17-2020, 05:56 PM | #12 |
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The high beam indicator comes on at low beam and vice versa
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04-17-2020, 05:59 PM | #13 |
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Re: Headlight switch
Thanks for your advice you got what I was saying,I didn't explain properly. Thankyou
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04-17-2020, 06:00 PM | #14 |
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Re: Headlight switch
I tried swapping wires with no effect on the dip switch. The centre wire is power and the wire on either side is low ,high beam. Swapping those around had no effect.
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04-17-2020, 06:02 PM | #15 |
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Re: Headlight switch
Yes
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04-17-2020, 08:13 PM | #16 |
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Re: Headlight switch
Deucekoop……….With a whole lotta respect Sir, you can't honestly expect an accurate or realistic answer for your original question without a fully-organized and complete explanation of your problem. Likewise, your "one-word" follow-up replies to our repeated requests for more-detailed symptoms doesn't help matters. Actually, trying to follow YOUR path of communication through this thread was nothing but frustrating for me. Please try to think-out your requests with complete, detailed info in the future, because there ARE quite a few fairly knowledgeable folks here just dyin' to help you (and others) with requests for info or answers. Please, help us to help you. DD |
04-17-2020, 08:32 PM | #17 |
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Re: Headlight switch
It looks like the green & white wire from indicator light hooks the the black & green high beam wire at the left headlight. Maybe you have it hooked to the black & red low beam wire.
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04-18-2020, 12:10 AM | #18 |
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Re: Headlight switch
Is it just the switch you changed, or did you also change the loom connections at the front of the car?
The high beam indicator lamp is connected to the power feed to the high beam, which is selected by the foot switch. At least this is how it is on my 41 Convert. What you describe cannot happen at just the headlight switch - at least with a stock loom. |
04-18-2020, 03:44 AM | #19 |
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Thanks jay Chicago what you suggested worked thanks
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