Headlight Fun!

[Rainman1988]

Its 88Runner, when the headlight switch is turned on,all the lights come on except the headlights,running lights, dash lights ect...
Then i switch the brights on and the headlights work. Although they look like the brights are on the blue light on the dash isn't.
From the many posts i have read the most similar problems folks are having,though not exactly the same, is the combo switch contacts. Does this sound like the answer to my light problem? Just thought i would ask before i dig into it.
Thanks to Rad and Kid for the info ive read about this in previous posts.

 

[flyinhawaiian01]

try this. When you turn the lights on at the stalk, force the inner piece(red arrow) towards the switch part, like this:

See if that changes or fixes the issue. If so, that's the problem. Luckily, they are still available and are super easy to replace! Just remove a bunch of stuff including steering wheel, slip the old one out, slip the new one in and reassemble. I did this about 2 years ago on mine, swapped it out in just a few minutes with a socket for the steering wheel, a philips screwdriver and a pick for popping the old wires out of the molex connector and slipping the new pins in.

Find the right part number for yours HERE , then google it or hit up ebay/amazon. Price is around $60 for a brand new one.

 

[Rainman1988]

thanks will try that.