Hey everyone! So i have and 85 Dodge Ram 50 (royal) 2.6;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma9S...ew4UBrandNew4U // link if you want to see it briefly, yes I still have it, and repainted (i got rear ended and guy bent the metal bumper 2 inches down and bent the frame!) and changed many parts :
1. Tail light wiring (brake lights 2. Streering stablizer suspension...
3. spray Paint
4. Headliner Headlight "highs" and rear bulbs seat cover
5. Tint
6. Clutch full kit // couldn't dam near shift b4 at some point
7. New Tires
8. Carbs cleaned with fuel filter install
9. Exhaust pipes fixed w/ b4 patching // very much holey
10. New Air filter heater hose ect...
11. Radiator caps // blowing first sign of my poor h gasket but at first I didn't drive too far i had bike as main.
12. Coolant hoses w/ antifreeze
13. Stock Radiator cleaned twice and sealed
14. Clutch cable // yeah did it too soon
15. Aftermarket head rebuild with gaskets no jet valves
16. Rethread themostat bolts // get literelly not threads leat
17. Battery
18. steering gear box; right tie rod
19. Full paint and repair bumper + other damge // I'll be posting hopefully vid or pics later it looks clean as hell.
20. spray electric cleaner on headlight switch // here is the deal now
Of course any older vehicle should require a bit more of maintenance now, I'm definitely seeing that mainly my headlight switch on the combination cluster is started to slowly not turn on as instantly, the front light will turn on right away but the running lights stay off ( dash lights; rear lights; license plate lights.)
From what I see the thing functions okay (for the time being) and still will work intermittently (I really mean that I flip it on and it takes about a min or so for it to go on for running lights) , I used some electric spray cleaner and that made a difference night and day (I also suspect it could also be dirty since I think the body shop didn't cover the interior very well and get a lot of dust or particles inside of the vehicle. (I've seen this occur b4 I had it in the body shop so perhaps I should also consider cleaning it some more.)
Also, we looked at fuses and wiring is good since it still will function so the end result is the dang switches.
I'm wondering if I should get another new switch or get someone who can rewire it to a new button or what not, the dam switch is quite expensive last time I checked (close to $200-$500 may rather have all functions somewhere else better.) What is worth more for the bang of buck I suppose, I got the current one I have from a junk yard for around 30 bucks at the time (since the other one it had was broken on the turn signals switch just not good shape overall and don't have it on me any more Gdammit, perhaps I should look again for it mabey idk.) I hear these things tend to break often to sadly.
Anyways she still runs very well for an old mitubishi if you ask.
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