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Electrical Tech / Headlights are very dim
Sorry...I haven't logged in lately. Yes, that is the place I got them from. In another thread I had posted the link and a pic of the headlights and the boxes showing the part numbers. They are A & B for right and left.

guess this has all been worked out by this point though
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Electrical Tech / Headlights are very dim
Don't spend $140 on ebay. I just ordered some up from a place online and paid a little over $90 for the pair including shipping.
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Lounge / Capital One Blows!
It isn't just Chase. When I bought my S-197 I got tired of waiting for my payment book to show up so I went to the Credit Union and made the first payment in person. It "should have been" one month early, based on the date of the first payment in the book when it finally arrived. So about a week and a half later I get a nastygram in the mail saying my payment is late.

Naturally I called them to ask WTF. They told me
1) I hadn't made my payment and
2) despite the date shown on the first coupon in the book, my first payment was actually due the month before.

I assured the woman I had made the payment for the full amount several days before the due date (a month early) The due date is the 2nd of the month. I made my payment on the 28th prior to. So after about 15 minutes she tells me I made the payment, but for the wrong amount.

Thankfully I saved the receipt the teller gave me, and I proceeded to read ALL of the info to the woman on the phone. finally, FINALLY she agreed I had indeed made my payment, in full, and on time.

Since then I have made every payment IN PERSON, and have saved all the receipts, numbering each, AND writing it all down on the stub in the book.
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Electrical Tech / Finally back to it....issues???
So the OE IVR is a mechanical like the MOPAR ones. Makes sense.

I put the car back together today and took it out for a 40 minute drive. I started by letting the motor get to operating temp on a 12 mile jaunt. The temp seemed to be just hunkie dorie. So then I turned the lights on (just the headlights) and continued driving. Eventually the temp red towards the high end of the normal range, but never read as hot as before (basically pegged) and you could see the gauge move up and down with the cycling of the fan and/or thermostat.

At one point, however, the light to show the suspension in "FIRM" went out, and stayed out until I turned the headlights off. Not sure why THAT happened, but it did.

So the bottom line is:
It seems the headlight switch replacement fixed the flashing problem
It also seems it helped (somewhat) with the gauges reading high problem
I still believe the IVR should be replaced (with a digital unit)
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Electrical Tech / Finally back to it....issues???
I'm sure it has those, since I just replaced the low oil sender (cause it was leaking) Question is why would I want to unplug that, other than dropping the load on the IVR?
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Electrical Tech / Finally back to it....issues???
Problem is for me to do a teat under conditions where the problem manifests itself I need to have the car running at operating temp and have the lights on for a period of time. Pretty much would necessitate the IP be in it's normal position, and two of the connections on the IVR are basically snaps.....like on a western shirt or a 9v battery
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Electrical Tech / Finally back to it....issues???
I'm betting it's like the MOPAR piece and has contact points in it. There is an electronic replacement for the MOPAR IVR, so you would think there would be for one of these as well.

I can tell you they're expensive. Costs more than what I just paid for a replacement headlight