Thanks,
I'll give that a try. The lighting circuit in my car is a mess, lights are
dim, parking lights only come on when headlights are on, the bright switch
has been rewired to a radioshack toggle switch mounted in the plastic
steering column surround, original wiring has been spliced / replaced in
some instances. It looks like the directional was damaged in a fire /
meltdown at some point. I got a new switch (unfortunately taiwanese -
anyone have a source for lucas?) but the wiring is a mess.
Last year when I went through inspection the guy almost failed me for my
lights, I'm trying to get them in order before this year's inspection.
Thanks again,
Robert
http://www.woozy.com/midget
At 4:59 PM -0400 8/9/99, Michael Dietsche wrote:
>Try running a hot jumper directly from battery hot to the hot terminal on the
>lamp. If the lamp is still dim, you have a bad ground. If the lamp lights
>brightly when jumped directly to the battery, then you have resistance in the
>hot supply circuit to the lamps (either in the connectors, or the switch, or
>the harness itself). Since both lamps are dim, a look at the wiring diagram
>should offer some clues, since whatever the problem is affects both sides. The
>fault must therefore be in a place in the circuit that could affect both
>sides....
>
>MD
>
>--- robert weeks <robert@woozy.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I 'm trying to trace the cause of my headlights being so dangerously dim.
>> I've cleaned all of the contacts and replaced many of the old Lucas
>> connectors with new Lucas connectors. I've also cleaned the ground that is
>> on the front passenger side wheel well. Are there more grounds associated
>> with the lighting circut? If so where are they?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>
>===
>
>Michael B. Dietsche, P.E.
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