Re: High beam indicator location?
Posted by HH56 On 2019/4/28 12:52:54
According to the operators manual it should be on the speedo face and looking at the factory schematics which were usually drawn as a birds eye view if it is not at 12:00 then it would appear to be somewhere toward the left side of the speedo.
If your car has been converted from the original 4 position head light switch/dimmer switch operation with the hi-lo, right-left filament combinations that existed before sealed beams there could have been a wiring error or someone just forgot to hook up the indicator bulb.
Before the conversion the indicator was fed from the headlight switch via a spliced connection that also continued a feed to the dimmer switch and bulb filaments. That particular wire connection could have been abandoned after the conversion to sealed beams and another of the original connections from the headlight switch could have been used to provide the feed to the dimmer switch and bulbs. After conversion the indicator light was generally fed directly off the dimmer switch and was on the same terminal that fed the high beam filaments.
You can compare the two connection methods by checking the 1939 and 1940 wiring diagrams. The easiest to follow are the AEA diagrams at the PAC site.
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If your car has been converted from the original 4 position head light switch/dimmer switch operation with the hi-lo, right-left filament combinations that existed before sealed beams there could have been a wiring error or someone just forgot to hook up the indicator bulb.
Before the conversion the indicator was fed from the headlight switch via a spliced connection that also continued a feed to the dimmer switch and bulb filaments. That particular wire connection could have been abandoned after the conversion to sealed beams and another of the original connections from the headlight switch could have been used to provide the feed to the dimmer switch and bulbs. After conversion the indicator light was generally fed directly off the dimmer switch and was on the same terminal that fed the high beam filaments.
You can compare the two connection methods by checking the 1939 and 1940 wiring diagrams. The easiest to follow are the AEA diagrams at the PAC site.
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