Tele_Man

There is a Head Lamp indicator (warning?) light immediately to the right of the water temp gauge in my '69, and it remains continuously lighted whenever I turn on the headlights. It's a bright red, square light and it's rather obnoxious. Is this supposed to stay on like that, or is there something wrong with it? How can I turn this thing off or disable it? Please advise. Thanks.

motown 71

my head lamp light goes out when the lights lock in the up position....
Hand a vac leak once where one side would not come up and then the warning light stayed on.

Eddie 70

There are 2 switches that are on the headlight mechanisms that are to warn you that your lights are not fully up. If the switches are broken or out of adjustment, this light on your dash will stay on. New switches can be bought. I just replaced both of mine not too long ago to fix this same problem.

Here is a pic of one of the switches. BTW, it looks like the headlight was in the up position in this pic. Hope this helps.



[Modified by Eddie 70, 9:38 PM 3/25/2004]

jlsru

The headlamp warning light stays on in my 75 also.I am curious for the fix too.

Tele_Man

Thanks, Eddie, I'll check the switches.

trw

If you unplug the broken switch, the light will go out.

Terry

kenko74

On my car, one of the switches doesn't make contact with the switch plate when the headlamp is fully up. I've disconnected that switch's wire so I'm not blinded in the cockpit by the bright warning lamp. I can't seem to find anyway to adjust the space between the switch and the plate it presses against to close the gap so the switch operates properly. Any ideas on how to adjust this?