[Shotimes] What next?

[Mike Wojton]

You've been sniffing too much gasket sealant lately. ; )
  --
Mike Wojton
Dover, PA

-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
Eibachs (front)
Dynomax catback

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan


 On 11/21/05, Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My guess is that the temperature was approaching
> absolute zero where all molecular activity slows down
> and stops. The headlights probably weren't getting any
> electrons.
>
> haha
>
> I wonder if it's a bad headlight switch? There was a
> TSB/recall for the 93 headlight switches. I know that
> mine is partially melted but it still works great. Now
> that I have the headlight harness I don't really care
> (the switch isn't seeing as much of a load as it did
> before).
>
> Ian
>
> --- Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com> wrote:
>
> > I had this happen about 2 years ago. It was end of
> > January probably, I just
> > remember is was very cold out, teens to single
> > digits at night. I would
> > drive while holding the stalk back for a few minutes
> > till the car was warmed
> > up, and the lights would eventually work like
> > normal. I thought about the
> > MFS, but I had recently replaced it and didn't have
> > any other problems.
> > Eventually the problem went away and I haven't
> > experienced it since. I'm
> > sure it will happen this winter now that you've
> > brought it up.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug Copeland [mailto:doug.copeland@gmail.com]
> >
> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:09 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shotimes] What next?
> >
> > hi all
> >
> > If my recent valve cover seal experience wasn't
> > enough fun for this somewhat
> > beginner mechanic, my car decided to give me another
> > mind teaser. Tonight I
> > turned off of the brightly lit street I had been
> > driving on to go down a
> > side road and I noticed something: it was dark.
> > Really dark. So dark that I
> > realized I had no headlights. I've had this problem
> > a couple of times
> > before, and before all I had to do was flash the
> > brights and when I would
> > let go the low beams would come back on. Not so
> > tonight. When I let go of
> > the wiper switch, the lights went off again. I tried
> > several more times with
> > no luck. I tried switching completely to high beams,
> > but got no lights. I
> > tried turning off the autolamp switch and just using
> > the manual one, but got
> > no luck there either. The parking lights work, but
> > nothing else does. The
> > only way I could get the headlights to work was to
> > pull the wiper switch
> > back and hold it while I drove. First thought is
> > that the wiper switch may
> > be going bad, but I really have no idea. I'm open to
> > suggestions here given
> > that I need headlights before someone gets mad at me
> > for driving with my
> > brights and ends up beating up this crawny little
> > guy.
> >
> > Doug
> > 95 mtx (that is apparently mad at me)