troutpilot

I'm a new member to the Forum and a new owner of a 1965 Sting Ray coupe. I'm also more of a driver than a mechanic. Anyway, bought this coupe late last fall and tucked it away for the winter. Rolled it out today and fired it up. Anticipating inspection time I tried the lights. They come on, but the headlamps won't roll up. Anyone have any hints on where I might begin to trace the problem to?

midyearvette

try pushing up or down on the switch while watching the amp gauge, it should move the needle. if not you have an open circuit at the switch. this is where i would start my diagnosis.......

66jack

Im not being a smart A$$ but
you can turn them on but...
did you activate the switch to roll them up?
its on the driverside by the radio...

jack

62Jeff

On my 65 A/C car it's on the left side of the instrument cluster.

The main thing is there will be a switch under the dash with a silver paddle lever that you move forward or backwards to open/close the headlight buckets.

Kensmith

YEP, separate switches to turn lights on and roll up/down.

66jack

your right...i was thinking of antennae switch....

jack

VetteRed1965

Mine came on but when I activated the switch to open up they did nothing.I took the switch apart by carefully reoving the two metal retainers.Took one of my wifes fingernail files and cleaned the two contacts.Then applied dielectric grease.Reassembled ,attached the wires and it worked fine.There are some pictures if you do a search on head lightswitch and take a look at the pictures.Its easy but take your time with the clips.It saved 100.00 dollars for a new switch.

Good Luck ,Mark

troutpilot

Thanks guys. I'll experiment further tomorrow.