Guest Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 Can anyone help? Everytime I turn on the headlights my gauge lights dim and my turn signal indicators either do not work and/or dim, and/or work in an opposite manner. All the outside light functions work fine. And when I turn off the headlights then all is back to normal. Sounds like a short but any info on this would be helpful.<BR>Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 This sounds like either a grounding or headlight switch problem. Look around the back side of your headlights and you should see a short ground wire from the headlight wire to the radiator support at each lamp. If these are broken or loose it will cause a problem like you're describing.<P>Dirty or worn contacts in the headlight switch itself can also cause this, as can a bad ground at the parklamp assembly. Even a bulb with dirty contacts can make weird stuff like this happen. Also a bad instrument panel ground.<P>Right now I'm suspecting the headlight switch since the dash lights are fed thru it and moving the switch around clears up the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 OK<BR>After checking all the grounds on the headlighs.<BR>I pulled the original GM switch from the dash( this was from 1969 and replaced it with a remanufactured switch that I got at NAPA. They actually had it in stock. It seems that was the problem everything is working fine now.<BR>Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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