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Ok, well, how should i say this. The swich aint the problem... Instaled a new one today and it did not help my high light beam. I re read this thread and seemed to overlook the testing of the wires, so this is probably what im going to do tomorow with my multimeter. Will have to figur out a cople of things on the multimeeter, but seems this is my last chance at sucess in this venture... Oh and i f***** my steering wheel... lol... I tried to take it off with a jake and a chain... Oups, kids, do not try this at home... REALY!!! Wich me luck

ok, well im tring to change my mutiple function switch, and i have to take off the steering wheel to do so. The thing is, it wont move, at all! the steering wheel wont come of the shaft... oh, and yeah i took of the nut holding it to the shaft... What would you do if you where in a situation like this? Many thanks!

Well, looked at the filaments in the bulbs and they seem to be ok, and i even tried a new bulb to be shure. Nada... Nothing... Darkness suronding the car... Hehe... i suspect that the switch is the problem, so... guess what i did. Found myself an other multiple function switch for the subby. Em going to try to install it myself tomorow, and im hoping that i was guessing good. Hope it aint to hard to get that in to there... hehe... I was wondering, im hearing a grounding motor noise from the passenger side floor, i just got the car so i dont know what sounds are normal..? Could my manifold gaskets be tired, and if yes, is this hard to fix?

Well, it does seem i have homework to do. I will be looking in to this this week. I will keep you updated when i get any results. thank you for your time and generosety Submage

Thanks a thousand for your generosety... im realy new to mechanical stuff, so this is going to help a lot!!! submage

Thanks guys, so first thing is to look if the high beam filament is burned, im guessing that it kind of looks like a fuse in the bulb, if yes, the alternator is overpowering the system ( or is just an old light). Do i have to remove somthing? Ok now this, i just bought myself a multimeter and have no clue on what ''chanel'' to put it on or how to use it to do the testing, im thinking that i will need this to test the wiering from swith to relay, and relay to light (event thow im still not shure where they are and what they look like). Is this test only to see continuety of circuit or to see how much ''current'' is passing? That brings me to an other question... It seems there are swaps for 90 amp alternators. In the light of what you are saying, this would be a bad idea no? Some ppl in this forum consider putting a GM P7157 alternator for better performance of electrical systems... many thanks again submage

Thanks for the information, well, im quite a newbie in mechanical and electrical stuff, so it may take a while to figure out what you just said, but hey! i will learn... what do you mean by both filaments being open? and by high beam ground being open? this would mean that curent is not passing? Thanks again Submage

well that is all i need to know for now, because my high beams are not working, when i put them on, everything goes dark... any help would be apreciated. I have a 92 loyale wagon. Thanks

Thanks for the tip, Do you know where this switch is on a loyale 1992?

when im driving in the dark, and i want to switch to the high-beams, every thing goes dark. Relay? If yes, where can i find the relay? Thanks Loyale 92 wagon

Hello there, Well im very new in this forum, having a car and it being a 92 Loyale (258 000 km). Im very happy to be here. I have read many posts and find this forum to be exactly what i was looking for. The down side to my story, is this. I have no mechanical knoledge. But em eager to learn. If anyone could point out where to start, i would really apreciate it. I'm thinking of getting the body repaired and painted back to original color. if i had the money, i would probably change the color but will probably wait it out a bit. So probably the first thing i would like to fix up is my passenger door. it is locked shut and the lock wont move at all. I would of liked to take of the panel but seems that i cant take it off with the door shut. Any hint's? Thanks a lot