my headlights will not dim.I have auto dim, however I put new switch in w/o auto dimmer they will not dim,any suggestions?

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Comment by Michael Anderson on November 26, 2015 at 11:23am

Turned it,same result.Unhooked from relay and made jumper wires,works manually just fine now

Comment by Jason Edge on November 26, 2015 at 12:37am

Just to make sure no rock is unturned .... did you turn the Guidematic control to the "off" position?  To turn off rotate the sensitivity control knob (Fig 12-99 in shop manual) all the way to the left to the Off position. The dimmer switch should then operate as a manual switch. This might sound like a silly question but have hear at least 2 occasions over the years where the owner was simply not turning the switch far enough to the left to the off position which opens a circuit to the guidematic system.

Comment by Michael Anderson on November 25, 2015 at 3:33pm

thanks for the help Russ

Comment by Jason Edge on November 14, 2015 at 10:26pm

I think you have to use the same type dimmer switch. That is if you have guidematic, you need to use the guidematic switch with side connector or bypass everything.  If you need one, I have Very Good used ones for $5 + s/h. Shoot me an email to jasonedge@nc.rr.com

Comment by Michael Anderson on November 14, 2015 at 6:42pm

can you explain why my lights stay on bright with dimmer switch hooked up or not

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