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Hey guys

After suffering that prob which all Skyrines seem to suffer at some stage in their lifes, i have pulled the headlight roller switch out in the hope of fixing why only one headlight would come on. its a simple switch but i be dammed figure out whats going wrong with it...

so in the interest of time and effort, where can i pick up a replacement? i went to my local Nissan guys who told me that they wont import because the langauge barrier is to much for them...yes thats what they said.

any help would be good,

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Dan

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You know... I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's the same one as a Nissan Pulsar uses. Last time I drove one I recall the stalks being pretty identical (aprt from not having the foglight switch?)

Still. By far your best bet is to hit up the "for sale" area and look for people wrecking entire cars. They'll usually be more than happy to answer a question, and will probably have one for you. (of course, it's used and it might happen again, but then again... the replacement may never fail, and it will probably cost you 10% of a new one)

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Hey guys

After suffering that prob which all Skyrines seem to suffer at some stage in their lifes, i have pulled the headlight roller switch out in the hope of fixing why only one headlight would come on. its a simple switch but i be dammed figure out whats going wrong with it...

so in the interest of time and effort, where can i pick up a replacement? i went to my local Nissan guys who told me that they wont import because the langauge barrier is to much for them...yes thats what they said.

any help would be good,

Thanks

Dan

Hi,

Every skyline I have had has had this exact problem.. take the switch apart and "emery" the copper contacts.. it's just a buildup of dirt/scum on them.. works a treat!

Thanks,

Scott

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Like RANDY said, check out for someone wrecking their car and see if they have one. If not that, try looking for one at your local wreckers. They should have some. The one you buy could also be stuffed, but these switches stuff up no matter what. If you bought a new one, it will eventually end up stuffed. Try modifying you current switch. There's a tutorial on here somewhere showing you how to do it.

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i checked out that tut, found out the problem is located further down the line. i'm pretty sure the problems is being caused by the high beam relay which cuts the low beams out.

how is this tho, me and my old man tried short circuiting the plug that goes into the roller switch, even tho the plug had a line for each light, when we put wire across them they all sent power down range to the right hand light? how farked is that!

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