Sounds like another bad connection inside the headlight as well, and you
could have more like bad grounds. Cleaning the bullet connectors? Why
bother, chuck them and buy new. Fill with vaseline for any connector at the
front of the car, they get more weather than the others.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Walter <mwalter@luminet.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: Thanks all
> I took your advice and started checking bad connections for my weird
> headlight problem. I now have a right headlight on dim and high beam. The
> left is on (on low beam), but is so dim you really can't see it. Cleaned
> the connections with emery cloth (the male ones). How do you clean the
> female connections? Strange thing. I had the lights on for an extended
> period of time while I was cleaning the connections. When I went to look
at
> the left headlight, I noticed smoke (steam?)!! Was ist los? It was inside
> the headlamp itself. Fried bulb? I will continue my search as time
permits.
>
> You guys are a wellspring of information to us shade tree types.
>
> Michael Walter
> mwalter@luminet.net
>
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