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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:16 AM
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The other night I turned on the headlights on my 68 roadster and they came up, but they did not come on. I tried the switch on and off a couple of times but they didn't light up. I drove down the street and hit a bump in the road and they came on. Just wondering if anyone has had this problem and what the cure was.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:30 AM
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My headlights will shut off while I'm driving...I think it's a bad switch but I'm not 100% sure...add it to the list !!!

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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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Same here. Mine come on no problem but sometimes when I shift they go out.....and then back on. I have crawled around and looked for something obvious but not dug in through the entire wire routing, etc. I was hoping to find something within the clutch travel that was causing it but no luck so far.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 08:43 AM
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My other thought is the foot-highbeam switch....
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 08:53 AM
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My other thought is the foot-highbeam switch....
Try stomping on the hi/lo switch a couple of times, mine is bad and the headlights are intermittend
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Check the connection at the headlight. Some of them get pretty corroded.
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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by k_moisen
Try stomping on the hi/lo switch a couple of times, mine is bad and the headlights are intermittend
That use to be a common problem back in the day Hi/Lo foot switch
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