mattyg92

Hello!

I replaced my dash harness, and i never had bulbs in my interior light sockets. i tested both door jamb switches with a meter and they operate correctly. the problem is, either the switched are not adjusted properly, pushed in to far, or is there suppose to be a bumper? on the door hinge to hit the switch? the bulbs stay on constantly and the headlight switch is in the proper setting. its a early 63 convert. any help appreciated!
thank you!

Nowhere Man

Pull the plunger out you can adjust the switch

mattyg92

ok grab the "button" and pull on it?

ChattanoogaJSB

And, just went through this. Pull the plungers toward you a bit, close the door. They will self adjust the first time you do this. Per JohnZ on some ancient thread and worked great for me.

mattyg92

ok i have the switch removed, should i reinstall and pull on the plunger that way?
thanks

ChattanoogaJSB

I would assume so. Inread that they are designed to adjust just that way- with the first closing of the door. I hope this helps.

mattyg92

i will give it a try thank you!

ChattanoogaJSB

Welcome! Worked just a few days/weeks ago.

mattyg92

Ok replaced both switches and checked them with a borescope to see the operated correctly and they do. The interior lights will not go out with the doors closed. Help! And the headlight switch is new from Zip and not locked all the way to the right
Thanks

Nowhere Man

If you push the switch with your finger do the lights go out? If so refer to my first reply

mattyg92

No they don't. So I took a scope and stuck it in the hole where the wire goes. I can watch both switches slide and break contact. So the switches are getting pushed in by the door hinge

mattyg92

I also unplugged the headlight switch and the lights still stay on.

Nowhere Man

plug the light switch back in and rotate the **** to the left until you here a click

66jack

oops

mattyg92

No worries ! I appreciate any info!

mattyg92

It's fixed! And I found out something new. I was using LED lights. Apparently the sockets all have slight power all the time. Enough to light the LED constantly making it look like a bad switch. I found out by trying the LED in a 67 dodge. I installed the regular bulbs in and they work perfectly. Sorry for the waste of time.