My headlight circuit and fried, along with melting the headlight switch, so I replaced the wiring harness to the headlights, as well as the switch. I didn't replace the dash harness, as only one wire was fried -- which I replaced to the firewall.
I had to insert the wires into the new headlight switch.
The new headlight switch came with the car -- the box is labelled "Mustangs Unlimited" PYH65, and SW441-02, "Headlight switch 65/68 Mustang" 02-AE-11-AC-AA
I also wired in one of the pre-wired headlight relay harnesses.
I just now put in the headlights, and they do NOT work!
In fact, the front parking lights do not come on either.
I have fiddled with the switch over and over. AND the shaft on the headlight switch sometimes pulls all the way out, AND sometimes, after I turn the knob round and back, the knob will only pull out one click. I then have to turn it all the way in one direction or another, and then it will pull out 2 notches, OR pull all the way out.
TWO QUESTIONS:
1) Why is the knob and shaft pulling all the way out, or just limited to one click, etc.? Is this a defect in the switch or am I not installing it correctly?
2) Is there more than one way to wire in the light switch for a 1966? I transfered the wires to the new switch exactly as they were on the old one. Did they change switch circuitry for 1966?
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I had to insert the wires into the new headlight switch.
The new headlight switch came with the car -- the box is labelled "Mustangs Unlimited" PYH65, and SW441-02, "Headlight switch 65/68 Mustang" 02-AE-11-AC-AA
I also wired in one of the pre-wired headlight relay harnesses.
I just now put in the headlights, and they do NOT work!
In fact, the front parking lights do not come on either.
I have fiddled with the switch over and over. AND the shaft on the headlight switch sometimes pulls all the way out, AND sometimes, after I turn the knob round and back, the knob will only pull out one click. I then have to turn it all the way in one direction or another, and then it will pull out 2 notches, OR pull all the way out.
TWO QUESTIONS:
1) Why is the knob and shaft pulling all the way out, or just limited to one click, etc.? Is this a defect in the switch or am I not installing it correctly?
2) Is there more than one way to wire in the light switch for a 1966? I transfered the wires to the new switch exactly as they were on the old one. Did they change switch circuitry for 1966?
Any ideas?
Thanks.