Re: Headlights Out!

[Pat Korach <tm2@earthlink.net>]

Stephane


My brother had the same problem with his 88 5000, he lost his low beams.
I drilled out the rivets on the switch assembly and pulled it apart. 
What
I found was that the plastic stalk was broken inside and there was a
spring
and I think a little ball bearing inside the end.  This enabled the
stalk
to stay in the low beam positon.  I had another switch assembly out of a
 84 turbo 5000 which had no cruise control on the end of it. I slid of
the
 handle off of the end and cut it down to the same length as the broken
one. 
 Slid the cruise on the new stalk put the whole assembly back together.
I used
 some long bolts and nuts to screw it together and attached the 3 copper
strips
 on the side .  

Works like a champ.

Pat Korach
Kirkland, WA


Livolsi, Stephane wrote:
> 
> same scenario on my 5KTQ except it's the low beams that don't stay on.
> I have taken the switch out of the column to see if it could be
> cleaned/repaired but it is not serviceable, IMHO anyway.  Incidentally,
> taking the switch out is actually quite easy. But, it is riveted
> together.  I guess you could drill out the rivets, replace or clean the
> contacts and then try to close it up again with some screws or long
> rivets but I felt it was beyond what I was willing to do.(especially
>