Re: Headlight high/low beam switch repairable?

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:43:00 -0500, Jens Oxlund wrote:

>On Friday, September 05, 1997  4:01 p, CONNER @ UNIX (Dave Conner) 
>{conner@grinten.cfm.ohio-state.edu} wrote:
>
>>At 03:28 PM 9/5/97 -0700, DeWitt Harrison wrote:
>>>I switched the headlights to bright last night and then couldn't switch
>>>them back to dim. 
>>>Has anyone tried to fix this one? A new switch assembly must cost at least
>>>eleventy squillion Lire. 
>> [ ... ]
>>CHEAP FIX...wedge something behind the stalk that will hold it forward.
>>Try a piece of very dense foam rubber.  This works best in areas where the
>>need for hi-beams is low.  You could always pull out the wedge when high
>>beams are needed.
>
>ALTERNATIVE FIX - After going through about 3 switch assemblies, using 
>foam rubber wedges that quickly wears out I have rewired the assembly so 
>low beam is where high beam used to be. I never or rarely use the high 
>beam and if I need it I have a rubber wedge ready..

God, has it really come to this?

DeWitt Harrison   de@aztek-eng.com
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq