Journal Update

November 2024
Replacing Headlight Bucket Roll Switch

A couple of years later and I realise the headlight buckets are now opening but not closing. I'm sure the motors are OK, so I suspect the headlight bucket roll switch is faulty.

I replace the fuse as a precaution, the headlight bucket motors use an auto-resetting circuit breaker that automatically disconnects the circuit if an overload is detected, and then automatically resets itself.

In the end I replaced the switch with a reproduction from Zip Corvette – problem solved.

Reproduction switch (left) versus original – the font used for the word HEADLIGHTS is slightly different but otherwise not a bad match.