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High beam 'flasher' operation help


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Seems I've got a few electrical gremlins - most I've figured out but not so sure about this - facts are:

- 1971 240Z with 'pass button' highbeam flasher on end of indicator stalk

- High beams do work when lever pulled towards driver

- High beams do not work when 'pass button' is pressed

- A single black wire is hanging with nowhere to go, as shown below.

 

Help please? I have taken the indicator unit off and had a look but very tricky to get inside where that pass button operates! Not going to go taking it all apart unless I have to.

 

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All that switch does is go to ground. When I added the relays to my headlights for low/high beam, I just soldered that wire to the highbeam switch ground wire. Normally it connects to the loom on the steering column but I did'nt have time to trace it so just did the above shortcut.

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As pointed out that pass button just goes to ground. The other end is connected to a pass relay that is usually on the drivers kick panel area. I have seen a car with the switch but missing the relay and just a jumper plug to get the lights working again. I have also seen the very little wire that connects to the button burnt out. The guage of the wire is very very small 22ga or less.

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Not a bad thing to have it mind you but my 260z 1 never worked. It had the previously mentioned burnt out wire. I resoldered it but still didn't work from memory. Really wanted it to work also.

 

Wish we got the rally/calendar clock with the oscillator box in our market.

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Hi all

Seems I've got a few electrical gremlins - most I've figured out but not so sure about this - facts are:

- 1971 240Z with 'pass button' highbeam flasher on end of indicator stalk

- High beams do work when lever pulled towards driver

- High beams do not work when 'pass button' is pressed

- A single black wire is hanging with nowhere to go, as shown below.

 

Help please? I have taken the indicator unit off and had a look but very tricky to get inside where that pass button operates! Not going to go taking it all apart unless I have to.

 

Take the column cover off, at the base of the idicator stick a thin white wire comes out, it always cracks or snaps at this point

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