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 Posted: 09-09-2005 06:14 pm
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edward_davis



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 Mark, I'm sure you've already done this, but my experience with both my JH and the old VW beetles I used to have suggests that taking apart the headlight switch and cleaning up the contacts can make a big difference.  I just used an emory board, but emory cloth or a pocket knife can do the same thing.  The difference in resistence can make a difference to the brightness of the headlamps.

I just drove my JH at night for the first time (after I was satisfied I had fixed the short in the circuit...) and I found that my biggest problem was the aim of the headlights.  Of course, I was driving along the street-light freeways of the SF Bay Area and not the lonely highways of Arizona, so the ambient light might have made a big difference.