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Old May 31, 2015 | 10:36 AM
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87. Runner high beam problems

I bought an 87 4Runner yesterday and on the way home went to use my high beams. All the lights shut off when I went to use the continuous high beams but the high beams worked fine when I went to use the temporary flash high beams. Any idea of what I need to look at first?
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Old May 31, 2015 | 10:46 AM
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Usually , cleaning the contact points inside the dimmer switch fixes this problem.
It fixed mine.
After you clean the contacts, consider installing a relay controlled headlight harness to minimise the current that the dimmer must pass.

Several different threads concerning the cleaning process and retrofitting harness on here.
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Old May 31, 2015 | 12:41 PM
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Hi everyone. My lowbeams do not work and my highbeams only work when I pull back on the switch and will not work if I push it forward to use the continuous high beam mode. Any ideas???
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Old Jul 22, 2015 | 05:10 PM
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Same as above. Clean the contacts
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