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Old Dec 14, 2013 | 11:32 PM
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Headlights wont turn on

ok, so the headlights didn't work since I bought the truck. So just today I bought a new dimmer switch, plugged it in, they worked fine. So as I was reassembling the dash and the stuff on the floor, after I had it done, I checked to see if they still worked....., they didn't. Instead: You pull it to the first setting; the parking light setting, 3 dash lights come on, high beams one, and park brake and seat belt one. Also the turn signals quit, you click ether one on both signals light up, and if you pull the **** all the way out to turn on the headlights, it brightens the lights on the dash, acts like a dimmer switch..., and every light across the board is on. But, the hazards work. so i'm wondering what the heck I did. I was messing with the switch in the dash, and after I put it back in its spot this started.

1986 f 150 inline 6
 
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 07:05 AM
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Did you have the cluster out? One of the plugs may be loose, or you knocked something else loose.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 08:14 AM
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Doesn't the highbeam switch just plug into the harness down on the floor?
How did the headlight switch plug look?
 
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Old Dec 15, 2013 | 11:44 AM
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ok, so today, I went back out to try it, and now everything is back to normal....., it just quit doing what I described, only thing I did was let it sit all night with the battery unplugged.
 
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