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Title: lights keep going out
Post by: stablesandshelters on March 13, 2009, 09:17:25 PM
hello
ive got a problem with my lights on both my jeep xj s (93 4ltr) the lights go out for a few seconds and them come back on, side lights stay on but full beem and dip are lost. to make matters worse they now want to turn off the lights on the m5 which helped to get me home a few days back.any advice please would be really apreciated.
cheers
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: Bubba on March 13, 2009, 09:21:00 PM
i think you need a new switch they overheat when they get old and flick on and off or after a while they get hot and pop off go the head lamps
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: isle of man on March 13, 2009, 09:32:40 PM
AGREE WITH DOCTER DEATH...fooooking caps lock!!!
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: Dutch on March 13, 2009, 09:38:44 PM
Quote from: "isle of man"
AGREE WITH DOCTER DEATH...fooooking caps lock!!!

why dont u delete it then ...and fooooookin type it again... ROFL
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: tim_aka_tim on March 13, 2009, 09:40:31 PM
Headlight switch, as cooter says.
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: isle of man on March 13, 2009, 09:47:40 PM
Quote from: "Dutch"
Quote from: "isle of man"
AGREE WITH DOCTER DEATH...fooooking caps lock!!!

why dont u delete it then ...and fooooookin type it again... ROFL


No fun in that!!!!!!
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: Bubba on March 13, 2009, 09:56:17 PM
you will need to replace it soon otherwise the last of the smoke will escape from the switch and you wont have any lights left
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: tim_aka_tim on March 13, 2009, 10:02:18 PM
I thought that, but it could also be that his lights are full of dark and can't hold any more.

A new theory is that light bulbs don't emit light, but actually suck dark. Once they are full of dark,
they can suck no more and break. Batteries are one method of storing the dark that has been
sucked (batteries fail once they are full of dark). Mains powered dark suckers change the dark
into smoke, and this is sent back to the power station via wires where it is released through the
chimneys.
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: Bubba on March 13, 2009, 10:05:00 PM
just as i thought......sneaky bastards
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: Dave69 on March 13, 2009, 10:46:47 PM
have a look here

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoHeadlightLoom.htm (http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoHeadlightLoom.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

what you could do is add a seperate set of lights running of a seperate switch as a backup just in case
Title: Re: lights keep going out
Post by: captain cavalier on March 15, 2009, 08:39:37 PM
Quote from: "tim_aka_tim"
I thought that, but it could also be that his lights are full of dark and can't hold any more.

A new theory is that light bulbs don't emit light, but actually suck dark. Once they are full of dark,
they can suck no more and break. Batteries are one method of storing the dark that has been
sucked (batteries fail once they are full of dark). Mains powered dark suckers change the dark
into smoke, and this is sent back to the power station via wires where it is released through the
chimneys.



  creepy  :shock:  :shock: