[Healeys] Headlamp switch

[Per Schoerner]

Hi
This happened to me too a couple of years ago. Shortly after switching 
the lights on smoke was let out of the cable loom. It turned out to be 
the red cable that goes from the the light switch to a junction just 
under the fuse box. This is the cable that feeds the side lights, aka 
parking lights. Upon investigation the only thing I could find was that 
there seemed to be a shortcut in the left rear light bulb. And as this 
circuit is not fused the part that carries the most current of it 
burned. That is the piece from the light switch to the junction, that 
feeds 4 bulbs, while the other parts of this circuit only feed one or 
two bulbs.
Luckily no other cables in the loom got affected by this, so I just 
replaced that piece of the red cable.

Per

Den 2015-10-01 kl. 06:48, skrev Ross:
> Gents
>
> On a recent outing I noticed smoke emanating from under the dash when
> the headlamps were switched on. My 13 year old son thought we were going
> up in flames and decided to walk home. With the lights off no more smoke
> or burnt plastic smell occurred and I easily beat my son home. I
> disconnected the what was left of the two red wires, no damage to any
> other wires. The switch is the original Lucas unit for a 1958 100-Six.
> Should I assume that it was the switch that failed or should I be
> looking for something else. The harness was replaced during the
> restoration but the switches were kept.
>