Gus, Resistance of the older connections is always a problem. Pulling and pushing the fuses in will re-establish any bad high resistance connections. Ground cleaning and pluging and un-pluging the head light connectors with also help. I can fix the switch latching and clean the contacts. John Hervey www.specialtauto.com -----Original Message----- From: gus@xxxx [mailto:gus@xxxx]On Behalf Of Gus Schlachter Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:07 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] funny smell...... My parents always told me that attempting to my battery-operated toys run faster by hooking them to 120V would do me no good. Boy was she wrong! She didn't know that in the future, I would own a car that would require me to be able to quickly identify that exact smell. That being said, I have several electrical issues. The fuse for the low-beam headlights has started to melt, and the headlight switch is damaged (i.e., wont stay in). I don't use the headlights much at all, so is this a coincidence or could these problems be related? My plan is this: 1. new headlight switch 2. all new fuses 3. clean all fuse connections 4. clean all relays and relay connections I hope that will do it. I cant find any other damaged components but the wiring does get quite hot in that relay compartment. Gus Schlachter VIN #4695 Austin, TX P.S. If someone out there (ahem) made a "kit" to replace most all of the incandescent bulbs (interior, door, dash, tail, etc.) with the super/hyper LED's, I'd buy it. Just to take some of the load off. To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/