Ok, wondering if anyone can shed some light on this one...wow, uh, no pun intended...
I removed the old aftermarket tape deck today. It was rather simple as to how it was hooked up. But after removing it, I decided to check the lights. Headlights worked, tailights didn't. Brakelights and signals worked fine, just no tailights. Figured I may have bumped the fuse, because the radio was wired into the same one. So I wiggled it a bit, and tried again. Tailights worked. Then I got curious to see why the dome light didnt work. It didnt work when I bought it. Found out that if I connected a wire from the light to the cab (ground) it came on, but never shut off...which led me to believe there's something wrong with the light switch. So I attempted to take it out. Never really figured out how, thought it clipped onto a metal bracket (so it looked like) so I tried to pry it off. it came halfway off, but the knob had to come off. Couldnt get the knob off either, so I gave up and attempted to snap the switch back together, but it wouldn't go back together. Upon trying the lights again, the headlights still work, although the switch is now hard to pull out and push back in. The tailights generally still don't work, but I found that the brake lights and signals still come on, but the drivers side one is dim. On another occasion the tailights came on after the switch was pushed to "off". But when I pulled the switch, they turned off, and the headlights came on. Also on yet another occasion, the tailights came on, but when I pressed the brake, the passenger one brightened like it was supposed to, but the driver side one went off. The signals worked, but the drivers side was way dimmer than the passenger side. Also, if I wiggle the light switch knob, the headlights flicker.
So, my question is, what the heck did I do??? Do I need a new headlight switch? If so, how does it come out?
Starting to think that fixing up a truck like this is not for me...really, if I cant even get the knob off.....
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I don't really want to take it to a mechanic.
