Guest Justin Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Hey all, Cleaned all the earths (finally, been busy at work) and its definately not them.. Put a temp earth to the lights and nothing different. Problem would be therefore the positive feed.. Ive replaced the switch twice (the indicator stem) and changed the relay for the dipped beam too. to me its looking like the fuse box. Any other thoughts? (i get side lights and a very low dipped beam when i put on the side lights, and just sidelights when i switch to dipped beam. main beam works just fine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spannerman Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Try.... removing the connectors from one headlight and try the switch, then remove it from the other light and try the first headlight so you are only trying one at a time. run a new positive feed (carefully!) direct from the battery to the main feed on the switch which will bypass the fusebox completely, use a jump lead or similar have you removed and cleaned all the positive connections on the battery, on that copper bar at the front?? also, have you tried removing the sidelight bulbs and seeing what happens? It sounds like the current is taking the path of least resistance, ie there's a short somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justin Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Try.... removing the connectors from one headlight and try the switch, then remove it from the other light and try the first headlight so you are only trying one at a time. run a new positive feed (carefully!) direct from the battery to the main feed on the switch which will bypass the fusebox completely, use a jump lead or similar have you removed and cleaned all the positive connections on the battery, on that copper bar at the front?? also, have you tried removing the sidelight bulbs and seeing what happens? It sounds like the current is taking the path of least resistance, ie there's a short somewhere. Tried running a positive feed direct to the light and it works fine. tried removing one light and then the other, but still nothing. ill try cleaning up that extra fuse box on the battery. will try removing side light bulbs.. didnt think of that.. probably try that now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Justin Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 update: removed sidelights.. nothing changed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hewy Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 the only option i can think of is getting an auto sparky lookin at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spannerman Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Run a new feed from the battery directly to the switch, remove the connection from the fusebox so you bypass the box. Disconnect both of the lights completely, remove all the connections on the switch then run wires from the right connections on the switch to one of the lights, put in one wire at a time and see if you can get that side to work properly. I assume you've traced all the wiring thoroughly to make sure there's no chafing, melting or burnt bits anywhere? If you feel like making some sparks, remove the connections from the switch, identify which one goes to which bulb, and connect it directly to the battery and see what lights up. That might identify which wire is a problem. Also........ before you do anything else, remove all the connectors from the rear lights and see if that makes any difference to the fronts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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