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Dash lights turn off when main beam headlights come on
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<blockquote data-quote="Tofufi" data-source="post: 489892" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>In that case, it sounds like your headlamp switch wires are connected to the wrong terminals.</p><p></p><p>Have you removed any of the dash switches before? For the headlight switch, unscrew the knob (with the switch pulled out, put a tiny screwdriver through the hole in the shaft and hold this while rotating the knob anticlockwise, lots). You then need to unscrew the metal boss below it (it looks like the bit on the left in the below picture, and holds the switch into the dash).</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn152/tucana_photos1/VW/VWmisc003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Make sure you've disconnected the battery to do this, as the switch will then be loose behind your dashboard.</p><p></p><p>You may need to 'make' a tool like the one pictured above right, made from a washer, although I've always found needle nose pliers work OK to unscrew it... just go careful you don't slip and scratch your dashboard <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If you get the switch out, you'll find that every terminal on it is numbered. You need to check that the grey and white wire is connected to terminal 58B, and the grey and black wire to terminal 57. I suspect they have been crossed over and connected up the wrong way round <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tofufi, post: 489892, member: 38"] In that case, it sounds like your headlamp switch wires are connected to the wrong terminals. Have you removed any of the dash switches before? For the headlight switch, unscrew the knob (with the switch pulled out, put a tiny screwdriver through the hole in the shaft and hold this while rotating the knob anticlockwise, lots). You then need to unscrew the metal boss below it (it looks like the bit on the left in the below picture, and holds the switch into the dash). [img]http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn152/tucana_photos1/VW/VWmisc003.jpg[/img] Make sure you've disconnected the battery to do this, as the switch will then be loose behind your dashboard. You may need to 'make' a tool like the one pictured above right, made from a washer, although I've always found needle nose pliers work OK to unscrew it... just go careful you don't slip and scratch your dashboard :) If you get the switch out, you'll find that every terminal on it is numbered. You need to check that the grey and white wire is connected to terminal 58B, and the grey and black wire to terminal 57. I suspect they have been crossed over and connected up the wrong way round :) [/QUOTE]
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