rx7passion

well i was driving around last night in my 89t2 and didnt drive all that hard. crusin' home aobut 1/2 mile from my house and i start to smell a wierd electrical smell, check the headlight switch and it was pretty hot. so i turn it off as im drivng down my neighborhood road, and the gauges start flickering on a bit and i see smoke start coming out the switch. by this time i was already home parked the car and turn off the car, still smoking and the gauges are flickering on. i run inside grab a exstinguisher (*just in case*) and i go pull the postive terminal off the battery.

now the previous owner warned me about the switch and hot it can get hot and im aware that they like to blow up, but what the hell! that is just not cool at all. i tried a search to see if theres fix for this but all i found was posts on how other peoples died too. What is going on do i need to get my electrical nerd freind over and put a resistor in there or put power wire?

any advice other than replace it when it dies? this seems very odd any ideas of help would be very appreciated.

thanks newbie t2 owner

RunningDeer

It's the headlight switch harness.. typical trouble spot. There's an old thread here on how to prevent or reduce failure, but I don't have it available at the moment.

RunningDeer

I believe this is the thread:
>https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...adlight+switch

rx7passion

cool! thanks man.. illl have to pick up the relay and get workin on that tommarow

RunningDeer

No sweat.. chick here though, LOL.

rx7passion

rx7passion

here are some lovly pics of the damage

rx7passion

FYI: mazda wants $108. for a new headlight switch harness! sooo does anyone have one they want to sell

EndlessRPMs

i got one from a S4 NA, but i think it should work...

RotorMotorDriver

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Damn it man, you should just give up and give the car to me .

~T.J.

Jerk_Racer

Jerk_Racer

E-mail me dude. Let me know what`s up with it. I don`t get online like I used to in the states.

rx7passion

i did email you dude...

Jerk_Racer

Nevermind. I PM`ed you back. Gotta love the lousy electrical system in the FC. I lost track of all the gremlims over the years I had that car.