dome lights wont turn off? 85 318i

[FireFight]

Hey guys I picked up this e30 for pretty cheap and I'm trying to sort out all the electrical issues the car has. I found that the fuse was blown that give power to the interior dome lights. I replaced this and found that the interior lights wouldn't turn off. I check it in both positions that would allow the bulb to come on, alway on and trigger on off.
I started to tear apart the switches and got them to turn off thinking that it must have solved the problem and then walked away from the car.
I came back after awhile and opened the door to make sure they where still turning on and when I went to shut it they stayed on. Annoyed at this point I went to each door and removed the switches completely out of the car and they still didn't turn off.
now I taught the wires must be grounding on so I jiggled around each wire with no change .
could this be the delay relay?
grounding out some where?
if i unplug the delay relay will the lights still function? just with out a delay?

[spdracrm3]

sounds like you have a wire grounding somewhere, or possibly the light timer is a problem and like you say a quick test would be to remove it . as far a them working with timer out i have never tested this but looking at the ETM diagram it looks like they will still work with the passenger door jamb switch and if a 4dr the rear door switches but without the timer i dont think the drivers door will operate the lights any more.

page 6330-0 in your ETM found here http://www.wedophones.com/BMWManualsLead.htm

[Navarone]

I have an 85 318i, I didn't know there was a dome light timer! Mine shut off right away, but they also don't turn on by the switch, only when the door is open.

[FireFight]

It ended up being that relay. It was stuck on.

It's located under the front drivers speaker, I just ended up deleting it and by passing the feature

Thanks