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Removed the switch, still hot and the switch and the loom were melted on one wire connection.
Ordered the headlight switch, but I can not locate a headlight wiring loom, suggestions?
So, my question is how to prevent this again? The light bulbs have been in the car for at least 2 years, the switch is 20 years old, poor electrical design (I know it 10 years old) and if I get another 10+ years out of this switch; great, but I don't expect to own this car that long :-)
When I was figuring out this problem in the dark, I manually lowered the headlights and (remembered there was a catchy/stuck feeling when I first started lowing them); so I am going to be lubing the linkage and making sure there is no binding. Also, double checking for shorts in the loom. Anything else I should be doing?
Tom Hayes
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