My Einstein Moment

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I put a battery in the Bajaab today. Not surprisingly most of the electrics do not work. But the motor does crank over, and the headlights turn on. But they’re stuck on highbeam and won’t dip. Pulling the blinker stalk to dip did nothing. Or so I thought until I just now remembered...

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...the ‘68 has a foot operated dipswitch unlike my ‘69 95 which has a “modern” switch in the blinker stalk. Whoops. I spent all day puzzled by the fact that I couldn’t find the headlight relay in the engine compartment, only to remember it’s in the floor as I lay down to go to sleep.