To Be Or Not To Be

[StreetWedge65]

I was at Sonic Saturday night when a guy pulls up next to me in a 66' Plymouth with his high beams on blinding everyone. After introducing himself and some small talk, I mentioned that his headlights, sure were bright. He said he had just finished replacing the old sockets. Long story short. He swore he didn't have the lights on high because the dash indicator light wasn't on. But when he punched the dimmer switch to low the high beam indicator light came on.
I thought about that half the night. He said he did one wire at a time, so not to mix up the connections. I'm thinking something other than just sockets were touched.
Thoughts????

 

[StreetWedge65]

Thoughts??????
I guess I'll let y'all know what I find. He's bringing me his car as soon as I get over the flu.

 

[miller]

Thoughts??????

Hope ya get well soon! Just like me.

Besides the obvious, high beam, the headlights are on high, maybe the wires are crossed in one of the connectors.

 

[StreetWedge65]

miller, good to hear from you. I thought about that. But wouldn't one light be on high and the other on low? Correct me if I'm wrong, on a 7" dual element light, isn't the center pin always the low beam? Outer pins can be high or ground.

 

[miller]

Correct me if I'm wrong, on a 7" dual element light, isn't the center pin always the low beam?

Yep, good to hear from you, too!
Without looking at the wiring diagram, can't say. Think one would be ground. That one have just two lights?
Know it's easy to get wires swapped around, re-working harnesses. I would pull the connectors at both bulbs, and the dimmer switch to check if things are right. Dimmer switch new, used, or abused? Should be a fairly easy check, if something is backwards.
(I had all my harnesses tore completely down, on my 64. Had to hold my mouth right, going back together!)

 

[miller]

He said he had just finished replacing the old sockets.

Going to bet, he could have been looking at the socket diagram backwards. REAL easy to do. So, wires are reversed.

 

[miller]

Nothing???

 

[StreetWedge65]

Turns out it was a bad dimmer switch!