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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Well I did went and bought a new light switch from auto zone and of couse it was the wrong one. It did not have the vacum ports. So O thought I wound take mine apart and clean it. To my disblief it worked. No more driving at night with a flashlight.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 12:25 PM
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Well I did went and bought a new light switch from auto zone and of couse it was the wrong one. It did not have the vacum ports. So O thought I wound take mine apart and clean it. To my disblief it worked. No more driving at night with a flashlight.

what fun is that? just turn the dimmer all the waydown and you will feel at home again
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Originally Posted by Deep sea vet
Well I did went and bought a new light switch from auto zone and of couse it was the wrong one. It did not have the vacum ports. So O thought I wound take mine apart and clean it. To my disblief it worked. No more driving at night with a flashlight.
I believe you can actually retrofit the ports onto a new switch. I know of a couple people here that have done it.
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