73 headlight issues, Lights pop up, won't turn on Options

[pastormacman]

So I searched and read through this thread:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...eadlight++relay

But it didn't quite cover what I was looking for. But I did notice a couple of people asking if the car was a '73. Mine is a '73. But I didn't see anyone say why that mattered. Is there something specific about the '73 model that has headlight issues?

Anyway, here's my issue: With the battery connected and the ignition switch on, when I pull out the headlight switch, both lights flip up but neither lights up.

A little history: This is the same car that you all have been helping me get started in this thread:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...eadlight++relay

Part of the problem this community helped me figure out was that my ignition switch was broken. So I replaced it with a new one. So I have a new, working ignition switch.

I thought that maybe the high beam/low beam relay had gone bad, so I bought a new one from Automobile Atlanta. Like you can see in the pic, it has five posts, and the description says that it fits 70-76 914. However, when I removed the old one from the car, it only had four posts and four wires connected. So I connected the wires to the corresponding posts on the new relay and left the fifth post empty.




After installing the relay, I still had the same problem: The lights flip up, but won't turn on.

Another monkey wrench: my turn signal stalk is broken. The internal mechanism flops around all over the place and the turn signal swings loosely. I know that the turn signal stalk is also the high beam/low beam switch so I'm wondering if that could cause the lights to not turn on.

What are your thoughts?

[NJ914]

I have a 76 and am experiencing a similar problem. Interested in the outcome but also wanted to let you know that my lights were working and then stopped when I was using the turn signal arm to go from low beam to high beams. Don't drive at night so I didn't investigate right away. Drove the car a few weeks later and decided to try the lights again. They worked!! Low beams then went to high beams. Worked.

Then I tried to go back and forth from low to high and they went out and stopped working again. Sounds like its in the steering column for my problem.

Considering you just replaced the ignition, maybe your issue is in the column as well?