I was fiddling under the hood of my 74 love bug replacing the speedo. After installing it i could not get the bright headlight bulb in the speedo to burn. Also the right head lamp will not burn on bright. Everything else works. These may be two unrelated events? Question . If the headlamp is out will it cause the bright light on the speedo not to burn?
if the headlight is out, it will not cause the dash lights to not "burn"...
check connections. wire brush, spray with contact cleaner...
light behind spedometer might need to be twisted in it's socket to make contact with ground (metal instrument casing)
Jen
There are 4 fuses, one for each beam. One of the Hi-beam fuses supplies BOTH the indicator and one of the Headlamps.
Don't be fooled by fuses that "look" good; often they don't make good contact or have broken links.
Simplified diagram of the Headlamp ckt on my web site:
Thanks Jim ,problem solved!
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