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| jim_hoyland |
 Oct 5 2024, 06:53 PM
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Get that VIN ?  Group: Members Posts: 9,633 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California 
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While working on other electrical gremlins I had the headlight switches out.
It seemed like it was heating up when on; almost hot. The related issue: when headlight's on, one of the dash turn signal lights comes on ? Is my switch shorting out ? |
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Oct 5 2024, 07:07 PM
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Winner of the Utah Twisted Joint Award Group: Members Posts: 3,451 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Oct 5 2024, 05:53 PM)  While working on other electrical gremlins I had the headlight switches out. It seemed like it was heating up when on; almost hot. The related issue: when headlight's on, one of the dash turn signal lights comes on ? Is my switch shorting out ? Jim, that doesn’t sound quite right. I was going to ask how you know if the car is warm in SoCal, but figure that you can indeed tell. Both turn signals? I know that the signals are supposed to work in daytime, so a connection between the switches isn’t expected. |
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| jim_hoyland |
Oct 5 2024, 07:29 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,633 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(worn @ Oct 5 2024, 06:07 PM) QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Oct 5 2024, 05:53 PM) While working on other electrical gremlins I had the headlight switches out. It seemed like it was heating up when on; almost hot. The related issue: when headlight's on, one of the dash turn signal lights comes on ? Is my switch shorting out ? Jim, that doesn’t sound quite right. I was going to ask how you know if the car is warm in SoCal, but figure that you can indeed tell. Both turn signals? I know that the signals are supposed to work in daytime, so a connection between the switches isn’t expected. Is it normal for the light switch to heat up ? I had the switch out where I could check it out. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Oct 6 2024, 09:29 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,684 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Were the headlamps in use when you checked the temperature at the switch? A few days back you mentioned there was an issue with your turn signal indicator not functioning correctly. Is there a common thread here? I have lots of 76 parts if you want to throw parts at it until you find the problem. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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