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To add to Elijah’s
comment, do what he says at night, with the parking lights on, so you can see
the brief flashes of instrument light as you pass over the tiny areas of clean
metal as you sweep the control back and forth. When you see a glimmer of
light from the dash lights, work around that spot, back and forth, back and
forth, slowly expanding the area of good contact until finally, you have the
full range of illumination that Mother Mopar provided 43 years ago. We drive these
cars for years, never adjusting the dash lighting, until the rheostat windings
get thoroughly coated with dust and oxide, and when the day comes that we bump
the control, or some other disturbance occurs, suddenly the dash lights won’t
work at all. If you can remember to do it, once every few times you drive
your car, grab that knob and turn it all the way to the left (courtesy lights
come on, on some cars), then all the way to the right, then back to wherever you
like to set it. You’ll have no more trouble. I don’t know
whether the 64s still used the electro-luminescent instrument lighting, but if
so, it is possible your problem is elsewhere. Even in that case the control
exercise is still a good idea, but your problems could be in the high voltage
converter, or other electronics associated with the electro-luminescent system.
The most UNLIKLY cause, however, is a failed headlight switch (other than the
dirt/oxide buildup). Dick Benjamin From:
mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Elijah Scott mrs954@xxxxxxx
wrote: Can anyone tell me the economical way to remove the headlight switch on
my 64 LeBaron? I have to replace my switch because the instrument
panel lights do not work. The fuse is good, and the lights worked
intermittantly, but since the trip to Mark -- before you replace the switch, spend an hour or two turning it
back and forth fifty-bazillion times. The spring and contact for the
instrument lights both tend to accumulate corrosion over the years. If
you rotate the knob a BUNCH of times, you can probably clean it well enough for
the dash panel lights to work again. Be a better Globetrotter. Get
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