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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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WTH!!!! Stupid switch

Has anyone had the dimmer feature of their lights **** break?
I can hear a spring in there poping around, and now i cannot dim my dash lights! I turn them down at night to reduce eye fatigue, and now they stuck on bright. Eeep!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 11:30 AM
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the guy before me broke the *** off and glued it back on.. and when i took my dash off, i had to break the *** again cause it was glued on.. its a pain to turn my lights on and off.. i ordered about a month ago.. and still hasnt come in.. it is pissing me off
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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I wear my sun glasses at night! ... to reduce eye fatigue.
LOL
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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haha. Not the ****, its the actual switch in the back I think.
Sounds like a spring popping.
I can turn the dome light on and off, but when i turn it clockwise, it just pops till the pot is turned all the way.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 12:23 PM
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I have seen it happen a couple of times, you need a new headlight switch. You can get them at most auto parts store or LMCTruck : http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/full.aspx?Page=42 #9 for $20.
 

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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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mine randomly cut out sometimes...
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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your truck randomly does a lot of scary things katie. :P you should fix those before you get those stacks. :P
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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i know what i should do, and i know what i will do, thank you very much

dont be such a worrier...that is my job
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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I just gotta harass you a little bit. =)
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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...do you guys SEE this?! he openly admits to harassing me!

tj or ron or somebody remotely closer than i am please smack him upside the head for me
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Seems to me the person that is STILL plotting all these mods deserves a little harassing.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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ouch! kick in the shins for that one!! lol

see, i have two problems: 1. "more month left at the end of the money" thing and 2. i am far more efficient at breaking things than fixing them

my other little side project is making money grow on trees, but i haven't figured that one out yet...too busy working my current two jobs...
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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Hey if you can get money to grow on trees everyone will be beating a path to your door. I think there is a whole lot of us with the to much month not enough money problem
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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ha, yeah...oh and problem #3...the more time i spend around you guys, the longer my mods plotting list gets!!
 
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