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Re: 1986 4000S, Headlight switch



> Are you running higher-than-stock wattage headlight bulbs?  Stock bulbs
> should not cause your headlight switch to fry.  The switch normally
> runs warm, because there is a light bulb inside.

Beg to differ...  There's a lot of power running through that switch on
high beams, even stock.  Once the connections develop a little
resistance to them, and they will eventually, you get lots of heat.  It
took me three tries to find a switch that wasn't melted when I did my
dashboard conversion.

-- 
Huw Powell

"This is the place where death rejoices."