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Old 11-26-2010, 10:55 PM
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My headlights will not come on. they worked fine tonight till i shut the heap off. After that no luck. I did smell something like burnt peanut butter coming from the left side of the dash.(electrical). If i click and hold the multi function the high beams flash on and off. Other then that I'm dry of lights. Any clues to get me up and going again?
Old 11-27-2010, 06:10 AM
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pull head light switch look for melted connector very common prob
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Under the air box is an electrical connection, unplug it and clean it with contact cleaner, plug back together and see if they work.
I recently had problems with my headlights. I bought a new switch, and they still did not work except the hi-beams. So after a little searching on the net I found this fix.
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hey guys thanks. i bought a headlight switch, went to install it but couldn't figure out how to get the old one out. so long story short i played around with the old switch and the headlights work again but not good. Ill check that connector.
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search on hear how to remove head light switch do not play around with shorts in switches the fire department will help you put the fire out
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Feel the switch body, there is a little button on them, push it down and pull out on the ****, the ****, stem should come right out.
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