What It Is:

1995 RAM 1500, 4x4, V8-360, Automatic Transmission

Problem:

1.  I'm not much of a mechanic.

2.  I know it's kinda old, but I really like it.

2. Several months ago, the headlight switch had a "melt-down".  My
headlights suddenly just went off one night.  I turned them off and then
back on.  They seemed to be working normally.  A few weeks later, the lights
went out again.  The problem became more frequent.  I decided to take a look
at the switch.  The part of the switch behind the dashboard had many
connectors (parking lights, interior lights, etc), but part of the assembly
looked like it had melted.  The OEM replacement was about $100, so I bought
the $30 one from NAPA.  This is the part of the switch that plugs in to the
female piece at the end of a bundle of wires behind the dash.  This did not
fix the problem - I think the end of the wire bundle was damaged during the
melt-down.  This whole problem also disabled my dash lights, which the new
part didn't fix either.  A few weeks ago I decided to look at the switch
again.  I pushed the headlight wire out through the female end of the
switch, connected it to the male part, wrapped it with electrical tape to
isolate it, and then pushed the whole assembly back together.  The lights
worked without going out for a few weeks, but then started doing the same
thing again.  I can drive for an hour or so, and then the headlights will
just go out.  Sometimes just for a few seconds, sometimes out completely.
At this point I can turn them off and back on, and they will work for a
while and then go out again.

Question:

Can I bypass this switch and splice the headlight wire & a power wire to a
plain old toggle switch?