lights switch and wires

[Booreatta]

finally got around to see what was going on with my light

switch, the dash lights would not come on unless the fog lights

were on so thanks to everyone here i finally took it apart. when i

got the switch out there were several bare wires one was black and

one was orange and one was yellow with a purple stripe. i taped all of

the wires and sprayed contact cleaner on the switch and guess what

everything works,,,also the headlight retract also started to work

they must somehow be tied in togather. i still dont see the value of the

headlight retract switch but im sure it has a purpose. my seat still dont

work but thats another story

boy this car has a lot of wires i really wonder if they ALL somewhere surely

they do

[Howard]

The purpose of the switch is to pop the lights up while you are washing the car so the lights get clean. The switch is handy in winter during periods of ice or snow. By keeping the lights up, they can't freeze in the down positon. Howard

[K Howie]

I have the exact same problem with my 89 Reatta (dash lights not coming on unless foglights are on). Which switch did you take out....the headlights on switch or the fog lights switch? I need to try the same thing you did. Thanks!

[Booreatta]

i took out the headlight switch and cleaned it up. the first

thing i did was find a doner car in a salvage yard, i this case

it was an 89 riviera and got the switch and i took that one apart

to see how it was made, reallly simple, then i took mine apart and

did the same thing and presto it works like new. i did repair the

wires also. now i am taking the whole dash apart and going to clean

up all the contacts on all the switches to avoid any trouble.

[Guest]

Thanks - I'll give it a try!

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