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    Angry Need help with headlights!!!

    Okay for the last few days i have been trying to fix my headlights. If i turn on the headlights they will pop up, but if I turn them off they don't go back down. It is not the 30 AMP retractor fuse. It is already checked. IT is a 94 so the horn and headlamp relays are the same LC10. I have switched them back and forth and the problem doesn't fix, so it isn't the relay. The retractor switch is plugged in. however i broke the switch open so only the internals circuit board is plugged in(springs flew everywhere). but when i jump the wires together to try and close them, the will flop up and down continuously. I assume i am jumping it correct if you look at the switch as
    ABoD
    EFGH
    o is a blank, i jump E and F to make them close which actually makes them flop. Could it possibly be that ground block that was previously under the brake booster( i have relocated it) or is that ground block for something completely different?

    I have also tried a friends LC10 relay and retractor switch his switch has the same opened up circuit board too though.

    It is my understanding that the 94+ have the headlight relay under the hood on the driver side right? OR IS IT UNDER THE DASH?
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    A simple and easy check is to remove the tombstone, and make sure the plug is firmly seated on the back of the switch where the hazard button is located? Then check the the retractor relay under the dash (drivers side near the fuel pump relay under the steering column) it could be bad. This relay is not the same as the NA6 so you will need to replace it with a NA8 relay.
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    The tombstone button is for sure plugged in and works tried mine and friends. I will check the relay today and get back, but Thanks for the reply and help.
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    so i have determined there is a break in the circuit board of the retracer relay that was under the dash. Is there a way to jumper two parts of the connector side to make it work so I can see if this is the only problem. i.e. it makes the headlights go down?
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    Check out the relay circuit board and see of you can see where the break is on the circuit board. Take some tiny wire and solder it to the board, bridging the gap. Should be good as new........
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    Thanks atank! found the break and had a friend help solder and its good as new!
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    That is Great News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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