<VV> Head Lights Switch

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

The other issue with late taillights has to do with the grounds for the 
sockets. I, and others, have had issues with the steel shell that the 
bulb base keys into sliding loose from the housing. My best guess at 
the cause is the plastic and the design was never meant to be in an 
engine compartment, with the heat, oil, etc., and the plastic starts to 
let go and the shell slips, losing contact.

My solution, which was essentially free, was to secure the shell with a 
short sheet metal screw, outside where the bulb goes. While I had the 
socket shell out, I soldered on a 16 ga. pigtail to the shell, which, 
when once assembled, was connected to a lug screwed into the chassis 
rail. Never has a problem again! For 10 minutes of work for each socket 
and all the parts coming from my junk bucket of screws, etc., not a bad 
fix!

John Roberts

-----Original Message-----
From: Smitty <vairologist at cox.net>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Wed, Nov 17, 2010 3:08 pm
Subject: <VV> Head Lights Switch


Smitty Says;   I am very sorry I didn't recognize the significance of 
the thread
on the Late tail lights not working.  I went through a major hair 
pulling
evolution not two months ago and came up with the same answers.  Of 
course My
problem was with an Early and I didn't follow closely the post on VV.   
 I think
that any effort to troubleshoot a lights problem has to start with the
understanding that the lights switch is divided in half as far as power 
delivery
goes.  The two sides are isolated from one another with no conections 
between
the two.  The side with the "green" wire you have been talking about is 
un fused
with power from the fuse block.  It powers up the headlights and front 
park
lights.  (just the fronts).  The side with the orange wire is fused 
incoming
power from the block and feeds the dome light, dash lights and tail 
lights.
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