'ere we go again !

[Rusty's Uncle]

Ignition off , light switch on it goes staight to dip & side or main & side. Plugged in another column unit with a 3 position light switch , got side lights alone but it would not power dip & main so it could be knackered . Wasn't there a model with a 2 position switch on the dash ? 

[GTMaster]

There is a two position switch on my dashboard. Upwards for side lights, downwards for dip lights, however my column switch can only be pushed downwards and that is for the main lights/flash....

[Rusty's Uncle]

  My "good luck" fairy came to my aid, well more of a Slovakian nancy boy really (lucky he has a sense of humour!) . He sent me a good two position switch with matching three position column switch from an '81 car. Too long a story but using those parts and rejigging the 3 wires in the harness terminal block I could only get side lights. So I have the wiring harness on the car, two dash switches and a choice of four column swithes. None of them are totaly compatible 
So after much testing with a meter on the 2 way switch and my wiring to see what does what and again moving the connectors in the harness block I have got to a position where dash switch up I have side lights, switch down I have dip & main (no side). Ignition on or off makes no difference.
But hoping that thanks to "Tinkerbell" I hope I have got a system that will pass the MOT, just the rest of the car to worry about 
Posting picture of switches from back , a harness end connector & a small screwdriver. On the block you can push the end of the screwdriver into the front to remove & relocate the connector to one of the other 8 positions to match different switches. One way switch on left wth 5 terminals , on right two way with only 4 .

[Rusty's Uncle]

Thought that sorting out the lights would be easy but with the two position switch I found that it was not just the front side lights that went out on dip/main but all the rear lights as well. Got a matched dash and column switch from another generous forum member , ach eye the noo !, so set about it this morning. Testing & comparing dash switches I got a very high resistance reading from the "new" dash switch 
So got my brain into gear and checked what each wire did at the dash and what each contact did on the back of the two position switch. Rejigged some of the wires going into the connector block again plus added in a link to a previously unused contact and whoopee I have got lights. Nothing goes through the ignition so its up on the dash switch for side ,down for side & main with dip & main on the column . Not the way it should be but good enough for the MOT 

[Rusty's Uncle]

 :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

PASSED THE MOT & NO ADVISORIES
So no need to  or change pants 

[Emin]

Congratulations Uncle! Well done!..