Headlight switch rewiring : Major help!

[Gautam]

Hi,
Ok, straight up, on my 1989 LX 5.0L my headlight swith is screwed. I can get the console/side lights and head lights to come on so it's not a wiring/fuse/electrical problem, just the bad switch unit. I tried another switch unit and that didn't work either (maybe that unit was bad too).

Anywho, here's my plan:

I want to get a switch panel (shown below) to control my headlights, console- lights/marker-lights (so basically two switches). I want to put the switch panel below radio btw.




I dunno how to tap into the headlight switch wires, but I did find this diagram (shown below) that shows the functions of the various wires:



Here's what the wires (from the pic above) do:

Black/Orange - Main Power for Lights
Tan/White - Marker Light Power From Fuse #4
Light Blue/Red - Switch Illumination Power
Black - 2 Wires Ground Circuit
Brown - 2 Wires Parking Light Circuit
Red/Yellow - To Multi-Function Switch

I suck when it comes to electricals so I'm totally lost in all this.

Any suggestions? Am I heading in the right direction? The car's a pain in the a$$ to drive!

Bye!
Thanks!


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Gautam N. Lad
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[This message has been edited by Gautam (edited 03-14-2001).]