Headlight switch removal

[Yosh]

Had a problem after fitting HID kit; passenger side light is not working...Fog and brights are 100%, just the driving light is dead...It did pop the individual fuse, which I replaced...Still not working, so I'm thinking of swopping the headlight switch to eliminate that...How do I remove it?

What else can I inspect? Relay, earth, etc...

Any help would be appreciated...

 

[Yosh]

Headlight switch removal:
Put switch in "OFF" position. Push switch in and turn to "PARK LIGHT" position. Pull entire switch out.

 

[st10587]

its more likely to be the HID kit then the switch. take the bulb from the passenger side and plug it into the driver side ballest. if its still not working then its a faulty bulb, if it works then its a faulty ballest

 

[Yosh]

Thx for the reply bud...I have tried a completely new balast and bulb there and it does not work...Original Osram bulbs also don't work in there...

 

[Yosh]

Tested voltages at the bulb fitting = 0V = problem is either switch or relay...Gonna put my switch on a mates car to test that...Bloody annoying...

 

[Yosh]

Update: there is another fuse that keeps popping with the HID connected...Works fine with normal bulb...Trie another balast and one of the spare HID bulbs---same result...Checked and found no shorts...

Any ideas?

 

[mgrays]

If you want to get into the back of the light switch .. you take the side off the dash where the fuses are.. the bottom over your pedals and then it comes off with a pull.. but on mine the wiring was so short that as I pulled it sprung and hence broke the fragile light switch assy.. so better to try and reach in and disconnect before the pulling commences.. which is hard as it is one of the lug locked wiring loom plugs.

 

[Yosh]

Problem solved: The bracket holding the balast was causing some sort of short which was popping fuse53...Battery ground is very close by...insulated the bracket and the mounting point and problem solved...