I'm trying to figure out why my high beams don't come on when I push the light control switch forward to the locked position. They work when I pull to flash.
If this is TLDR, my actual question is at the bottom.
I'm looking at the dimmer combo switch (84140), which is pressed and released by the movement of the light switch (84110).
After looking at the electrical diagram, I proved the following:
The fact that the brights come on when flashed prove the dimmer combo switch has a path to ground.
If these are both true, it means the wire with yellow dots has a path to ground when flashed, but not when locked on, pointing to the dimmer combo switch not doing what it's supposed to.
( I think HF is Headlight Flasher, HV is High Beam Voltage, HL is Headlight Low Beam. )
The problem is that the dimmer combo switch doesn't look like it could possibly provide a path to ground when it's locked on and fully extended. The image below shows the switch, the metal plunger on the lower right, which is pushed in by the light switch when flashed, fully extended when locked on, and mid-travel when neither. When depressed the spring loaded switch activates the high beams as it should, but it does nothing when it's fully extended.
Question ==>> Can someone confirm if this plunger is supposed to close the HF circuit a the bottom of its travel, the HV circuit at the top of its travel, and is only open in the middle of its travel? Or am I missing something else that's keeping this from working?
Thanks for any help. This has bugged me for most of a decade.
T.
If this is TLDR, my actual question is at the bottom.
I'm looking at the dimmer combo switch (84140), which is pressed and released by the movement of the light switch (84110).
After looking at the electrical diagram, I proved the following:
- rotating the knob turns on parking lights and headlights as it should.
- flashing the high beams activates the high beams if headlights are on
- flashing the high beams activates the headlights and the high beams if high beams are off.
- Clicking the high beams to locked on does nothing, with headlights on or off
The fact that the brights come on when flashed prove the dimmer combo switch has a path to ground.
If these are both true, it means the wire with yellow dots has a path to ground when flashed, but not when locked on, pointing to the dimmer combo switch not doing what it's supposed to.
( I think HF is Headlight Flasher, HV is High Beam Voltage, HL is Headlight Low Beam. )
The problem is that the dimmer combo switch doesn't look like it could possibly provide a path to ground when it's locked on and fully extended. The image below shows the switch, the metal plunger on the lower right, which is pushed in by the light switch when flashed, fully extended when locked on, and mid-travel when neither. When depressed the spring loaded switch activates the high beams as it should, but it does nothing when it's fully extended.
Question ==>> Can someone confirm if this plunger is supposed to close the HF circuit a the bottom of its travel, the HV circuit at the top of its travel, and is only open in the middle of its travel? Or am I missing something else that's keeping this from working?
Thanks for any help. This has bugged me for most of a decade.
T.
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