Light switch won't come out (slight clockwise turn...)

[gmorris552]

I've seen the posts, etc for changing the light switch but there must be a trick.  I have a 2000 C4 cab - chainging light switch.  Got vent off, unhooked, large nut off - now the 'slight clockwise twist' to remove switch.  it doesn't twist enough to get the legs out and afraid i'll bust the plastic if i gronk on it.  Is there a tab or something to release the twisting action?

Thanks

 

[JFP in PA]

I've seen the posts, etc for changing the light switch but there must be a trick.  I have a 2000 C4 cab - chainging light switch.  Got vent off, unhooked, large nut off - now the 'slight clockwise twist' to remove switch.  it doesn't twist enough to get the legs out and afraid i'll bust the plastic if i gronk on it.  Is there a tab or something to release the twisting action?

Thanks

 

You should be moving the switch faceplate out of the opening about 5MM (1/4 inch) before rotating the switch.

[gmorris552]

Thanks - I didn't fully understand that part initially (got just the faceplate cover with the icons coming off first) - so got a really fine tipped screwdriver to dig down in that gap (didn't look like a gap with my old eyes!). Pried it open and all worked fine.

Thanks for the comeback.

Glenn

[dporto]

Hmmm, I was never able to get that "cup/surround" piece off of my light switch - therefore never got the switch out. It turns out it was never the switch at fault though... Shortly after putting my car up for the winter (in my garage/workshop). I decided to check out the lights again...They both worked fine (the passenger side is the one that had been acting up). Throughout the course of the winter while working on the car I would occasionally check the lights, and they worked every time (I had bought a new igniter that I was planning on installing - but didn't due to the fact that everything was working). Upon finishing the installation of shocks and struts last week, I took the car out of the garage, drove it some, and then parked it in my driveway. The lights worked fine when the weather was dry - as soon as it rained, the passenger side acted up again. So, now I know that there is someplace that's getting wet and breaking the connection for the Litronic light (all the other lights work)... Time to dig around in there a little...

[Loren]

There is a DIY Tutorial for removing and replacing the headlight switch...

 

http://www.renntech.org/forums/tutorials/article/258-replacing-the-headlight-switch-in-the-dash/

[dporto]

Thanks Loren...Unfortunately, " the fastening nut 26 and the inner race 27 of the main light switch 31 can be removed." isn't much help... I did get that far but could never get the "inner cup" of the surround to come out of the larger surround piece. I do have an idea (namely drilling a hole or two in the back of the larger surround piece so I can push the cup out from behind) should I ever revisit replacing the light switch, but at this point I've determined that the switch is not the problem in my case.