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rcairney
Posted 2022-10-27 3:41 PM (#625195)
Subject: 56 dodge headlight issues


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I have a 56 coronet and I’ve installed a Painless wiring harness. I’m using incandescent headlights and a new headlight switch, and a new dimmer switch. When I turn the headlights on, nothing happens except for a blinking sound like a circuit breaker in the switch. When I take the switch out of the dash, everything works perfectly. I tried the old switch and it’s the same issue. Can anyone help with this issue please?
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Shep
Posted 2022-10-27 3:57 PM (#625196 - in reply to #625195)
Subject: Re: 56 dodge headlight issues



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Location: Chestertown, NY ( near Lake George)		Sounds like the switch is wired wrong and/ or the switch is shorting to the dash, triggering the circuit breaker. Make sure it is the right switch. If needed I have an nos 56 switch.

Edited by Shep 2022-10-27 5:13 PM
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56D500boy
Posted 2022-10-28 10:52 AM (#625224 - in reply to #625195)
Subject: RE: 56 dodge headlight issues



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You don't mention whether your 56 Dodge is a manual transmission or Powerflite transmission car. The headlight switches are different depending on which transmission.

For the Powerflite, the switch is to the right of the steering column and is wired as follows:





Regarding the high/low beam dimmer switch:

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Not sure if this helps but on a 56 Dodge headlight dimmer switch, there is power is, power out to the low beam headlight filaments and power out to both the high beam headlight filaments *AND* the high beam indicator light, i.e. four wires out. Check the mid-top area of this diagram for the "beam selector switch"

Based on the dimmer switch photo below, I think the power in is likely to be the terminal at the "5 o'clock position", the low beam at the "8 o'clock" position and the two siamesed terminals at "10" and "11 o'clock" are the high beam terminals. You could confirm that with a multimeter set on ohms, i.e. a connection between 5 and 8 becomes a connection between 5 and 10/11 when the plunger is depressed.





Edited by 56D500boy 2022-10-28 11:53 AM
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