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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Anonymous on November 03, 2005, 10:24:49 AM

Title: headlights
Post by: Anonymous on November 03, 2005, 10:24:49 AM: right.......the bloody lights have packed up on jeep#2....

i have side lights but no main beam or dipped.....the main beam light on the dash is on all the time & the column switch does feck all.......

sounds to me like the column switch is fecked...am i right???
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Post by: Anonymous on November 03, 2005, 10:30:39 AM: Is there a relay in there somwhere for them?
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Post by: Mike Pavelin on November 03, 2005, 12:16:33 PM: Check all the fuses under the dash first.
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Post by: Mort on November 03, 2005, 12:19:58 PM: If you still can't find the problem it's worth checking the wiring loom.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 03, 2005, 12:42:37 PM: Any other problems with the elecs too??? Could be a bad earth if the instument panel light is on all the time.. but would start with fuses first
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Post by: daggie on November 03, 2005, 05:40:07 PM: have a look at the loom down by the airfilter box, theres an 8 pin connector there, see if thats frazzled, mine was so was me mates
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Post by: Anonymous on November 08, 2005, 05:19:28 PM: latest is drivers side headlamp working fine, feck all from nearside.......

further investigation this afternoon has seen wisps of smoke coming from behind the drivers side headlamp along with a strong smell of burning.......gonna strip it down later & have a nose!!!
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Post by: Dingo on November 09, 2005, 03:48:38 PM: "Otters noses, wolf's nipple chips get 'em while their hot, their lovely"
Sorry.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 09, 2005, 03:55:16 PM: thanks for those kind words of encouragement!!! or should i thank Monty Python???

anyway, last nites nosing discovered a molten lump of plastic that once was the headlamp plug!!! bit of corrosion, bit of arcing & there is, i hope the problem!!

gonna go nick a plug off my old montego in the yard & rewire it..........