1988 Ford Bronco II Malfunction - Electrical & Lighting Systems

Question: MY 1988 FORD BRONCO II, ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE DIMMER SWITCH (IN THE STEERING COLUMN) WENT OUT AND I REPLACED IT MYSELF BUT I NOTICED THAT WHEN REPLACING IT THE WIRE HARNESSES THAT PLUGS INTO THE DIMMER SWITCH LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN BURNED OUT AND THE PLASTIC WAS PARTILY MELTED ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER THE MULTIFUNCTION LIGHT SWITCH WENT OUT AND I HAD THAT REPLACED. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT THE DIMMER SWITCH WENT OUT AGAIN. NOW, WENT I CUT MY LIGHTS ON THERE IS A DELAY FROM THE TIME I PULL THE LIGHT SWITCH UNTIL THE HEADLIGHTS ACTULY COME ON, AND WHEN I AM DRIVING I NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES THAT LIGHTS CUT OFF AND COME RIGHT BACK ON BUT THERE IS NO PARTICULAR PATTERN OF WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM.

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Technican: It really sounds like you'll need to check the connector that appeared burnt. It will likely need replacing. It may be temporarily shorting kicking the circuit breaker (which resets automatically) or simply high resistance causing an open circuit. For test purposes you could wiggle the connector while the headlights are turned on and see if this cause the lights to flicker. This would prove the connector was the problem.

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