There should be black barrel connectors aprox mid way up the fender where
the wires are connected. They can be hard to pull apart sometimes. I would
first check the ground connection. They should be located on the bottom side
of the front hood buffers and on early cars they are screwed to the side of
the engine compartment at just about the same location. There you will find
the same bullet type connectors plugged into a small plated connector. These
will corrode and cause bad and sometimes intermittent connections. That is
most likely the cause for your dim headlight. Try cleaning the bullet
connectors and see what happens. Sometimes you will need to remove the screw
holding the connector to the fire wall and make the loop for the bullet
connector a little tighter. Gently squeeze it with some small pliers, but be
very careful. They will break if you squeeze too much. At this time you can
check to see if there is any corrosion between the connector and the body.
Good Luck - ian
robert nanzig wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> Last week I wrote about my right headlight being dim when the left one
> is bright. Everyone who responded said to check the connections on the
> bullet connectors running down the right side.
> I found a connector with a green wire at the back of the engine bay.
> There are four connectors nearer the headlight running to the headlight
> and parking light, but I can't see that they disconnect. Do these just
> pull apart. I pulled on them but they did not come apart. I dont want to
> pull to hard and wreck anything. Do these come apart? Rob
> ---------------------
>
> Rob, Yes they do pull apart but what you should be looking for is
> a black wire which connects under the rubber hood stop near the
> headlight. That is here we all had our grounding problems. Clean up the
> contacts and you should be seeing clearly again.
>
> Rob Nanzig
> 67SV
-- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
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