'67 w/no high beams

[Daddybus]

I can't get my high beams to light up on my '67 bus. When I flip the lever on the signal switch I can hear the relay click, but the low beams stay on.

[ukdj]

Check all your fuses and your black box if you have one.My highbeams also wouldn,t come on because the bulb blew inside the light new bulbs are only 8.99 ish

[NorCalWeekender]

I have this same problem. And from everything I can tell, it's actually that little flasher box. Simple little 3-prong jobbie you can get down at the local Kragen. But it's worth checking the bulbs and everything else, first.

-Taylor
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"Eventually, we sold to a guy for $500 who towed it away to live in it in his parents' driveway. We didn't think it would ever avoid the junk heap on that day." -The 3rd Owner, 1995

[OG Velvet]

The flasher is easy to fix too. I sandblasted (very lightly of course) the insides and after that greased the moving parts a little. If you hear the click, then the selenoid (sp?) is working but the little mechanical arm is most likely jammed. Or just replace it.
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'67 13 Window
'77 Westy
'69 Sunroof Beetle
'65 Honda Dream

[Ragman]

[Hella Bro]

My Hi/Lo beamer went out on 66. I looked at the Wolfsburg West catalog
and saw what they sold to replace the unit, I went to the closest junkyard
and pulled that relay out of a superbeetle.

[jmsmilin]

same thing on my 67, I need to get it fixed
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[///Mink]

It's likely the High-low relay going bad or possibly a bad ground. As mentioned above, the 9-pin black box has absolutely nothing to do with high beams.

Edit-Just realized how old this thread was and who the last poster in 2004 was.

[60vwnewengland]

i've had this problem too....what i was told is to hit the box with a hammer. i did that and my high beams worked again!! so hit it....see what happens, parts get old and gummed up sometimes. i haven't had a problem since. worse side of it is, you waste 10 minutes hitting a box with a hammer, and if it still doesn't work whatever. but hey its was worth the shot.
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[xavi_242]

[winmotors]

Had the same problem. I jus tbought the headlight relay from wolfsburgwest.com and that fixed it.
Good luck

[OG Velvet]

[Daddybus]

Whack relay with a small section of 2x4 (wood)...should unstick the relay...worked for me.