Doing some cleanup after a major body/paint restoration job.
Upgrading the fuse box (w/built in headlight relay) and headlights (H4 conversion kit).
Current status: headlights work but are typically dim (thus the conversion). The hi-lo beam switch on the stalk seems to work backwards. Push it away and it fires the lo-beams BUT the little blue hi-beam indicator/light on the tach comes on. Pull it towards me and the high beams are on. Maybe the hi-beam indicator goes out but it's really hard to tell cause it's really dim too.
In my prep, I pulled the driver side headlight off to see what I had to work with.
Mostly white/splotchy wire on top prong. Yellow/splotchy on left (outboard driver) side. Brown/ground on right (inboard/driver) side. (I have other pics but didn't want to overload this post.)
I came across this diagram of an H4 pigtail. Note the "standard" at the top.
Here's my current (pre-upgraded) fuse box wiring. Those top ones are fuses 1-4 on the "bottom-8" fuse box. Left is aft; right is fwd.
Looking at the official 72 Wiring Diagram (not pasted here -- too large):
Going down the right/switched side, I'm a match (White at 1/2; Yellow at 3/4). Going down the left/loaded side, it's mostly a match (White and White w/Blue at 1 vice mine which has the White and White w/Blue at 2). Yes, I know I need to get the right fuses in there -- later though.
So, if fuse locations 1 and 2 are for the hi-beam (White and White w/Blue)...and if fuse locations 3 and 4 are for the lo-beam (Yellow)...then I should have a Yellow wire on the top prong in the std H4 wiring scheme. Does this sound correct? Obviously I have something amiss OR the std H4 wiring is non-std on these old cars.
Anyone know the answer to how the H4 bulbs should be wired? Do I have an mis-wired stalk switch or are the wires simply in the wrong prongs at the back of the lamp?
P.s. Auto electronics are not my specialty.