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MG MGB Technical - What have i done now?

Yesterday i installed a new Pioneer cd player in my 73 B. While i had everything apart, also added an extra courtesy light in each door. Today i decided to replace all my old connectors at the front of the car. Everything is working fine except my headlamp dip switch. Have high beams, have low beams. According to my wiring diagram the dip switch has a blue wire. Don't recall messing with any blue wires. It was working fine before i got in there. I used the proper bullet connectors to keep everything nice. One thing i did, there are 4 purple wires that go into a double connector, in order to connect the courtesy lights i had to plug 2 wires into a new connector to have access for 2 wires for the lights. The other wire from the lights plugs into the connector with the purple/white wire. Unless i screwed up something in the console, only other thing i can figure is i left a wire undone in the front harness. Don't think i did, but possible. The heat in the garage may have fried my brain. Don't recall a solid blue wire, just blue/white and blue/red. Any ideas? Thanks. JimS.
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Jim
Have a look at your wiring diagram on the 'electrical help' tab. I suspect you may have overloaded one of the headlamp circuits and melted part of the switch.
Never despair - the switches are repairable.

PS You have checked the fuzes ?
Roger
RMW

The blue wire carries 12V+ from the headlight switch to the dip switch. Then from the dip switch,it branches to the headlights. Blue/white for hi beam & blue/red for lo. HTHs Barrie E
Barrie Egerton

This thread was discussed between 22/08/2005 and 23/08/2005

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