HULK SMASH.

According to the Honda main dealer, to buy a "stem" (headlight switch) for a 1989 Honda Accord you have to order the whole assembly - £170.

Jesus fuck.

So, I've resumed ringing around spare parts dealers and breakers' yards.  I don't want to junk the car on the basis of just the one switch, but damn, that's a lot of money.

UPDATE: Have been recommended a scrap yard near the A56/M65 junction - apparently it's massive and has everything. So I guess I'll risk a drive over to Bolton on Tuesday. Geek is on.

Car update

Having driven home in the dark, I can report that the headlights are not in fact wholly nonfunctional - they are back to their previous semi-functional "just needs a jiggle / light touch" state.

This chunk of happy serendipity will not, of course, stop me trying to acquire a new "Stem", but it does extract a certain amount of the urgency from the whole thing.

In unrelated news, the wireless connection in my bedroom is no longer working dammit.

UPDATE FROM BEDROOM: And now it is. Hooray!

UPDATE FROM MUM'S PC: And now it isn't. It's doing that thing where it can see the network but can't connect to it. Damn, damn.