Well, I have finally got the headlights working; It only took me three weeks of standing in the driveway in the freezing cold. In fairness, there were two warm days, but I did learn quite a bit, and I owe a debt of gratitude to the folks at http://www.jeepstercommandoclub.com especially Magilla, who posted a color wiring chart.Multimeter and electrical tester in hand I dove in...
After removing the headlight switch, disassembling it, cleaning it re-assembling it about 6 times, I finally convinced myself that it did actually work just fine (and probably did all along)
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| Headlight switch removed from switch panel. |
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| Internal contacts of the switch, not intended to be serviced. Nobody makes exact replacements anymore! |
I also replaced the circuit breaker, every fuse that I could find, and the Negative battery cable (that was a huge improvement). Prior to that I seemed to have a bit of a drag on the starter. All this with out any change in the headlights. They just sat there staring... un-lit.
It finally dawned on me to TEST the headlight dimmer switch, and much to my surprise - The guilty party had been found!
8 dollars later, and I had both Hi and Low beams on demand! Now I felt ready for a road test...
First impressions after driving a bit, well the odometer works! That makes me feel like the 80,000 mi on the clock may be accurate. It drives like an old Jeep, loud, smelly, soft top flapping, lumbering, monster; I love it!!!
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