Regan Burba
True Classic
Hello everyone Happy Holidays. I had apparently “temporarily” fixed the headlight switch on my
87 X. I am going to have to replace it. The only one I have been able to locate is from a vendor often mentioned here. It is an earlier switch with a modified wiring harness to fit the 87. The switch is on the pricier side, not to the fault of the vendor, I’m figuring they are just hard to come by. I have read about the Panda switch conversion with relays, just not sure I want to go that route. It seems like a lot and my strengths are not in electric work.
I had taken apart a few switches I have and noticed the damage is primarily from the heat of the circuit. This has led me to start looking at the BWM and the headlight relay mod to decrease the load on the switch. I read the write up on Wiki by Bob Brown, it mentions the BWM going to the ignition switch. I have noticed in my car that the PO May have already done the BWM by sending the additional wire to the fuse box area. I have not been able to find instructions that explains how to do it this way so I am not sure what has actually been done. I have attached a few pictures of the battery and fuse box. In the fuse box photo where the brown wire and red wire merge the red wire goes to fuse box and the other brown wire goes to the harness into the dashboard. If you have clarifying questions regarding wires I can respond.
So my questions are...
Do I have the brown wire mod? If so would I follow the instructions on Wiki for the headlight relay mod? Would I add relay for just low beams as 87 Already has relay for high beams? Would I still benefit from running an additional wire from battery to brown wire in ignition?
87 X. I am going to have to replace it. The only one I have been able to locate is from a vendor often mentioned here. It is an earlier switch with a modified wiring harness to fit the 87. The switch is on the pricier side, not to the fault of the vendor, I’m figuring they are just hard to come by. I have read about the Panda switch conversion with relays, just not sure I want to go that route. It seems like a lot and my strengths are not in electric work.
I had taken apart a few switches I have and noticed the damage is primarily from the heat of the circuit. This has led me to start looking at the BWM and the headlight relay mod to decrease the load on the switch. I read the write up on Wiki by Bob Brown, it mentions the BWM going to the ignition switch. I have noticed in my car that the PO May have already done the BWM by sending the additional wire to the fuse box area. I have not been able to find instructions that explains how to do it this way so I am not sure what has actually been done. I have attached a few pictures of the battery and fuse box. In the fuse box photo where the brown wire and red wire merge the red wire goes to fuse box and the other brown wire goes to the harness into the dashboard. If you have clarifying questions regarding wires I can respond.
So my questions are...
Do I have the brown wire mod? If so would I follow the instructions on Wiki for the headlight relay mod? Would I add relay for just low beams as 87 Already has relay for high beams? Would I still benefit from running an additional wire from battery to brown wire in ignition?