Thread: Dead High Beams
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Old 10-29-2010, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by babymog View Post
You can not install it without removing the wheel, fortunately removing the wheel is a simple job. The hardest part is getting the allen-head bolt to break free, I always use an allen bit in a ratchet, with a box-end wrench over the allen bit so that you can use the ratchet in one hand, the box-end wrench in the other hand, like a Tee-handle. Not keeping the bit straight in the bolt-head can damage it enough that removal will become impossible.

Don't be afraid to apply lots of force, I believe that the steering lock in the 124 is a beefy one that was designed to deter theft well, I've removed at least a dozen wheels this way and it works well.

Anyway, the switch is plugged in under the dash, you'll need to remove the lower dash panel (above the cruise-control amp). Then you can test the new switch by plugging it in, before going through the whole wheel-pulling exercise to install it.

Please however, check the fuses first. Not just visually, but with a test light to ensure that there is actually power on the top of the fuseholder. Corrosion and bad connections plague this fuse system.

The fog-lamps are supposed to stay on with the high beams.
Checked the fuses earlier, with switch pushed to high beams there was no power to top of fuses. Well let me correct that there was like .3V

I am thinking I am better off buying the combination switch new rather then used, can get it for $140 locally.
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