John,
I had exactly the same thing happen to me on my 69 (with one fuse)! I
thought I had toasted something. I just couldn't figure out why my drivers
side headlight was dim and why I couldn't get the lights off of high beam.
Also, as I seem to recall (but I just might be mixing up with another
situation), I had no interior lights when my symptoms occurred? I found by
accident that thumping under the dash near the column sometimes caused it to
go away and I spent hours trying to figure out what was loose - I was led
astray. On a whim one night, I decided to feel the fuse temp (as you
indicated in your previous note) and in doing so - I realized that the fuse
was not fully engaged - one little push and, whah lah, the problem was gone!
This is one I hadn't encountered in my previous life.
I agree once again - very weird symptoms!
It's always an adventure.
Jon
For all you folks who think it's never sunny in the NW - we've had some
perfect roadster days between those rainy ones. It's been wonderful. I'm
hoping for another year like last year - 70 to 80 degrees with all the sun
you'ld ever want.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schroeder" <roadster@schroeder-family.us>
To: "Jon and Maggie" <jm.rider@verizon.net>; <sandhoff@csus.edu>; "Datsun
Team" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: Dim Headlights
> > Anyway, just wanted to let you know - thanks! I fully agree with your
> > assessment of symptoms and cause. I'm also surprized that the
headlights
> are
> > routed through 2 fuses - on both of my roadsters (69s) there is only one
> > fuse?
>
> I should read the entire message before replying! Anyway, the '70's had
two
> fuses for the headlights to split the load and reduce(?) fuse holder
> failure. Talk about a weird symptom. Pull one of the headlight fuses and
> see what happens. The headlight will go dim (not off!) and the high beam
> indicator will remain on regardless of the dimmer switch setting. Took me
a
> while to find it the first time it happened. (Thirty years ago with no
> internet. Bummer!)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Fred Schroeder
> roadster@schroeder-family.us
> NRA Life Member
> Homepage: schroeder-family.us
>
> Behold the superfluous. They are always sick. They
> vomit their gall and call it a newspaper.
> Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1844-1900
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