79vetter

Hello Guys,

As the title reads, I have a problem in that my interior lights will not go out unless I pull the fuse. As of a few weeks ago my lights and timer worked fine. I have held in both door jamb switches with my hand to see if one of them was not engaging but no cigar. I alos pulled them out to take a look at them.
I have recently re-soldered the one of the wires to the dome light because it had broken off and I have just replaced the headlight switch ( no vacuum getting to the headlights). As of now, the headlight switch is not plugged in at all and the interior lights still stay on. I was wondering if the headlight switch has any effect on the interior lights? When I had the H/L switch hooked up, I rotated the **** to make sure that it was not left in the "On" position for the interior lights.
Any other suggestions?
thanks Rob

justanotherdoe

I had the 'interior lights stay on' failure recently - mine was due to an old/corroded connector on the passenger door switch that finally worked loose.

If you've recently replaced the headlight switch I would suggest to start there.

texbeasr3

Check the wires going to the door switch.
The wire insulation will get torn where is passes thru the hole.
This will create a short to ground, making your dome light stay on.
I had this issues, and fixed it by splicing in new wires, to the switch.

Vette-4-Life

I just had this happen to my 80 last week. I did some trouble shooting and found it to be the delay timer located behind the glovebox. To test i removed the timer box and shorted the 2 white wires together found on the connector of your wiring harness. This should now allow the lights to go off (with doors closed) if the timer is your problem. Ecklers wants around $80, i am going to a local electronics depot and will buy the discreet parts.

...Roger...

Recheck the repair at the dome light-if the white wire grounds that will turn the lights on.
Also unhook the delay timer behind the glovebox if that shuts them off then its the timer or the door switches-now jumper the 2 white wires in the 5 wire connector for the timer-this will eliminate the delay from the system-if the lights work with the doors it was the timer.If it was the timer and you want to replace it you can use the less expensive #10098435 If its not the timer let me know and we will work on isolating that problem.

79vetter

Problem solved... When I unscrewed the dome light and brought it on down, the lights went off. I recently re-connected one of the wires that had broken off . I think that the screws holding in the dome light may have been affecting this. I put them back in and now everything including the timer delay works just fine.
Thanks Roger and others...

tommyleea

Is the timer held in a bracket under dash behind glove box? Looks like a flasher?

79vetter

Yes, mine is an orange + rectangular ..

...Roger...

If your talking under the dash and "under" the glove box-that is your turn signal flasher.The timer is like 79vetter said orange but you almost have to take the glove box out to get to it.Its sorta taped into the wiring behind and beside the glovebox.(to the right of box)