Headlight issue, High beams don't stay on? Options

[ewdysar]

So my high beams don't stay on. They light up while I've got the lever pulled back but they go dark when I let go. Even the blue indicator works in sync with the lights themselves, lit while they're on and off when they're dark. The low beams work normally, they turn on on the next cycle of the switch and remain on until cycled again (see above). The green parking light indicator works as it should. I would like to get this straightened out before I install the H4's sitting in their boxes.

The car did sit for 13 years, in a garage until I moved to a house with no garage for the last year.

I'm hoping this sounds familiar to someone here...

TIA,
Eric

[ewdysar]

OK, so my replacement relay finally showed up and the current part labelled 111 941 583 has an extra terminal, it's name is 30. I tried moving the wire from the dimmer switch to the new terminal, but neither configuration did anything at the relay, no click and the headlights stayed on low.

Does anyone have any idea about this extra connection?

In the mean time, I've smacked my old relay around a bit, and the relay will lock on high about half the time, much better than none of the time, like before.

"Help me, Mr. Wizard"

Eric