No more stuck on high beams and taped out headlights!
So, a while back my high-low switch broke. The way it broke down was rather funny. I was driving on unlit stretch of road when suddenly the headlights started to flicker and then went out completely. The only way I could get even some form of visibility was to keep the high-low beam switch pushed in continuously which of course broke it.
Anyway, yesterday I finally got to fixing it. Sure GM probably saved a lot of money by sticking on to the 50's(?) Saginaw steering column until the 90's but that doesn’t make fixing stuff on them the most ergonomic task. The light switch is located on the end of a rod that goes from the stalk down the steering column. In order to change it you first need to take out the bracket holding steering column up and then twist yourself into an uncomfortable position to be able to reach the 2nd screw and connector. Also, in the Buick’s case you’d need to take out the plastic instrument panel surround in order to take out the plastic panel beneath steering column in one piece (I learned this too late).
You could also remove completely the hvac tube running beneath steering column but I wasn’t bothered to unscrew the manual choke a previous owner had installed that made removing that tube too much of an chore.
Breaking that didn’t take much force at all. You can just screw out this panel on Chevys counterpart. Why must it be more complicated here?
So, any you guys have a blue lower vent panel for B-body Buick laying around?
Old and new.