74 headlight problems

Postby 1076 » 04 Sep 2005 12:17

The headlights on my 74 have been going out and coming back on every once in a while - a little inconvenient at night - anyone had any experience with this?
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Postby 71_DEPUTY » 04 Sep 2005 13:22

the headlight switch could be toast- there is a circuit breaker built inside as as over 30 odd years of working they eventullay get weak and trip out.

best way is to try and find another one--( have fun!! ) or do a relay upgrade to the headlights. using relays to power the main headlights off the alt. via a 30 amp fuse and triggering each relay for low and the other for high will take the heavy load off the main wiring and the headlight switch itself. there has been sebveral posts on this.
here is the one over at Dodge Charger- http://www.dodgecharger.com/index.php/topic,168.0.html

any problems- email me- done this about 10 times!!!!
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