headlights

[ImperialMCMLXII@xxxxxxx]

Hi Gary, gang,

If you have the automatic headlight dimmer (that periscope thing that protrudes 
from the dash top just in front of the driver) the dimmer might be trying to 
switch from high to low beam (or vice versa) and the relay could be at fault.

I had an auto-dimmer on my '66 Crown. Large roadsigns had a tendency to reflect 
the highbeams back into the dimmer sensor. The resulting high-low-high-low 
cycling of the headlights would cause the relay to temporarily fail (perhaps 
overheating or something like that) and cause all the headlights shut down. 
This happened to me one time a curving mountain road. With no moon out, it was 
quite exciting. Talk about adrenaline rush!

Deactivating the automatic dimmer circuit will return your dimmer switch to 
manual operation.

Hope you find the source of the problem.

Good luck.

Imperial Regards,

Jay Mc Kee
1962 Crown Southampton 4-door