mike ghoul

Check this out: My damn headlight switch in my 1990 camaro rs is busted. It's the kind you pull out to activate the parking/headlights, and turn left or right to control the instrument panel/dome light.

It's unfortunately broken in the pulled out(headlight activated) position. This of course means that my chevy ****box requires me to unplug the battery every time I go somewhere so it won't drain. what a fantastic anti-theft system!! anyone know how to fix this? how big a pain in the *** is it to pull the dash apart and do this? the damn chevy dealer wanted like $200.00 to fix this. any help greatly appreciated.


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1990 Camaro RS
305 TBI Auto
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Jim85IROC

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Bwahahaha! I had the same thing happen last year. There is a black plastic piece that holds the switch into place, and if that breaks, the whole switch pushes into the dash when you try to shut off your lights. It's a pain in the a$$, but you have to pull the switch out from underneath. You have to drop the fuse panel and fish it out. The part is about a $2 part from GM.

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noam

i had to replace the entire switch mech, the only thing that was saved when all was done was the ****, i even ended up breaking the plastic screw that holds the switch in on accident, on my 91Z i did not have to drop the fuse panel as jim said, maybe that would have been easier, i dunno, i just took the whole dash apart including taking the instrument cluster out and it gave me good enough access to the switch, easy fix, just a pain.

jm91rs

On my 91 rs I got the whole switch out with only taking apart the two panels under the dash. Once the pull **** is out, you just unscrew the black "nut" that holds the switch assembly to the dash and if you wiggle it enough, it will fall through. It really wasn't that hard to change, took about 20 minutes to do it all.

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jm91rs

if you pulled the fuse, it wouldn't drain the battery, at least i don't think so. That would be easier than un-hooking the battery every time.

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TELLEZ

mike ghoul: is your **** broken or is it the electrical part? If it's the electrical part, it's called the light switch. It really is not that hard to do amd you dont need to pull the dash apart. Just drop the fuse panel (2or 3 screws- real easy) then reach in there and disconnect the thing, but before you disconnect the thing, there is a button below the switch(you will see ithe button when you buy the part-$30 or so) when you push the button keep it pressed and pull out the ****'s rod that goes through the panel. It was real easy, the dealer quoted me $89 for labor then when they got the part, they changed the price to one similar to yours and said it would take three hours, so to rub it in I tried it myself right outside the dealership and finished in like 30 minutes. Good Luck

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