Volvo RWD 444-544 Forum

My Hi-Beam/Low-Beam floor switch doesn't switch to high beam. I took the thing out, cleaned everything, and actually thinking about moving the switch in form of a flicker switch to the dash, as it's in the way of my left foot anyway.

The switch has 3 terminals, marked as follows from left to right: 56b, 56, 56a.

There are 4 wires going to the switch:

left: yellow
middle: gray
right: 2 x red

Theoretically, yellow and gray are low beam and high beam (or vise versa) and red is power, which would be coming from the light switch. But why are there 2 red wires?

Can somebody bring "light" into this?

Thanks,

Bernard

I used a 140 dimmer relay and the already-there pull back switch in the turn signal lever to wire it up. A couple of minutes looking at a 140 wiring diagram, a bit of light wiring (the harness that reached down to the footwell also reaches nicely into the back left corner of the engine bay) and now I have headlight flashers and dimming via the stalk. And the foot switch that crumbled and left me in the dark one night (rather exciting, twisty country road and oncoming traffic, sudden darkness accompanied by a shower of sparks down by my feet) is gone.
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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic #1141 245 +t

Hello,

New headlight dipper switches are easily available.

I prefer and stock the Bosch replacement switch.

The extra small red wire is for the high beam indicator light on the dash.
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Eric
Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
Torrance, CA 90502

Thanks, Eric,
got a replacement switch and it all worked out fine.