High beam stalk operation

I know, it's a stupid question, but does your Range have a possibility to just flash high beam (driving lights) with a short pull on the stalk? On mine you can feel the two step stalk operation, but the first part of the movement does nothing, and the second step switches between high an low beam with main light switch on or flashes high beam with main light switch off.

Could the function of the first part of the movement be set in the BeCM?

Thanks, Crt

mmmmm.. i have the same problem, if you are really gentle when you
pull the stalk you might just get a flash,
(no..... not that type of flash..... !!)
took a while to find that out... ?

Yea its tricky, bad design, there's very little in it, where you thanks someone with a flash, and blind them!!

Well... i'll survive without the flashing, hopefully . I'll try and open up the backup stalk i have to see if the switch failed or there is something fishy going on inside.

Maybe driving etiquette wasn't foremost in the designers thoughts!

But yeah, just giving a quick flash isn't as straightforward as it should be...unless I'm missing something too!

The book says a partial pull will give a flash a full pull will switch. It works on mine but is very sensitive, another piece of LR crap design. The easy way to flash is to pull twice in quick succession, some cars you have to do that way anyway.
No rude comments please!

I sat down for for a while to practise flashing ... I think im a master flasher now. I always thought it was a bugger and just mine so it seems the p38 has another peril to put people off.good news might find that 2002 model i want a bit cheaper

Datatek, the book was what made me think that something isn't OK with mine.

I was kind of wondering why the other stalk i bought didn't cure it, but i see now it's a common thing and no, i didn't buy a new stalk just so i could flash blind other drivers (but i have to admit i loooooove the driving lights :behindsofa: )

Mines the same, given up on the flash thing I just flick the headlights off then back on with main switch now to say thanks.

Well, i think i found another clever design feature. Flimsy plastic strikes again.

I think that the broken piece on the picture below (it's the turn signal stalk with the PCB unscrewed) could be the culprit of failing flashing mode. I didn't have time to glue the broken pieces (marked with the red circle) together yet, as there were more demanding tasks in front of me (beer cans. plural.). I hope that fixes it, as i can't see any other reasons - the design is dead simple.



Cheers, Crt

Mine is the same, just flash twice to avoid blinding anyone.

Mine does the same, bought a second hand stalk, and........same. Just thought it was a bad design, but it also does annoy me I can't give a simple flash without locking on high beam. I have extra driving lights, so the poor sod who has just pulled over for me gets 350 odd watts of light in his eyes while I fumble trying to turn them off. I'll take my spare stalk apart too and see what's going on in there. Now, where did I put it..........?

I don't see the problem, 2 quick pulls = a flash ie from dip to main and back again, some cars it works like that with the lights on or off.

chort said:

Well, i think i found another clever design feature. Flimsy plastic strikes again.

I think that the broken piece on the picture below..... could be the culprit of failing flashing mode. I didn't have time to glue the broken pieces (marked with the red circle) together yet..... I hope that fixes it, as i can't see any other reasons - the design is dead simple.

Cheers, Crt

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My spare stalk is the same with the break in exactly the same place too. Any idea how best to repair? It's thin plastic, it's not going to glue very well.

Alan, i am going to glue the bugger, when i find time. I think the bit should glue just fine, but you'd have to degrease it first, then apply glue on the insides of the crack and somehow press it together. It's just all a bit fiddly and small for my fingers

I've had some success with similar repairs by laying a single strand of fairly stiff wire across the break and melting it into the plastic with a soldering iron.
If you play with electronics one leg of a cheap, film resistor is ideal.

Great idea. I'll try that, there's plenty of resistors at my office...