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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | My left side headlight is doing a weird thing. It's OK on high beam but on low beam it's barely at 30%. The right side light is normal. I haven't had the lights working but a couple months but this is the first time I've noticed a problem.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Well Jim I suspect that the reason that you haven't heard from anyone today is that all the
obvious reasons for it being dim have been discussed numerous times here. Changed the
bulb? Dirty contact, connector or switch? Broken wire causing high resistance and
voltage drop at break? Taint much else that could cause it.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 | Yup, like Denny says, Time to get out Mr. Multimeter. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 |
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 |
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 | It doesn't! I put a new muffler on, then I could hear how loud the trans was, so I put a floor mat and dynamat in, now I can hear my roof resonate......
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Well I went to the garage to test Denny's myriad of possibles and the D@mm thing is working now. I guess I'll have to evict that hamster.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Leprechaun's! Gettin' close to St. Patty's day and they're teasing you, devilish little buggers that they are.
Denny G
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I think you may have something there Denny. I just noticed tonight my brake lights aren't working, I spent most of two weeks with it up on the lift dealing with underside issues. I may have knocked the wires loose on the pressure switch. I'll check it out tomorrow and see if I can't break the legs on that leprechaun.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 | When I think DIM lights, I always check poor ground. Been there several times!
1940 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup "KC"
A day without sunshine is like, well, ..... dark!
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,388 | Oh man. One time, on my '50, my tail lights were stuck on sometimes, I couldn't find the reason they were always hot. I kept looking, and looking. Sometimes it would be days of normal operation, other times I'd come out in the morning and the lights would be on. The solution: The spare fuse would slip out of the holder, and lay across the contacts in the fuse block! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | This happened a few months back. It was the wire that returns to the circuit box that wasn't tight. I haven't had a chance to check it out as the truck is at the muffler shop having exhaust installed.
~Jim
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