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headlight dimmer switch issue

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Flat-Foot, Aug 20, 2012.

  1. Flat-Foot
    Joined: Jul 1, 2010
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    Flat-Foot
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    from Locust NC

    I have had a small issue with the headlights since day one. With the switch in one position i get all four lights. When I click it I get one regular light only. I tried a new switch and that didnt do it.

    Any ideas?
     
  2. Don's Hot Rods
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    Don's Hot Rods
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    from florida

    Have you tried changing out the one bulb that doesn't light up when it should ? Lights can do crazy stuff sometimes.

    Don
     
  3. fiddy
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    Low beam filament burned out on one light?
     
  4. Flat-Foot
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    from Locust NC

    Well its 4 individual lights. They all light up when the switch is in one position.
     
  5. Don's Hot Rods
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    That may not matter. Have you changed that bulb out ?

    Don
     
  6. Flat-Foot
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    Well I just went out there to switch another bulb and at first it didnt work. The I noticed one of the wires in the plug was loose...........

    Im gonna go sit in the corner now.
     
  7. Flat-Foot
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    Thank you to those who replied.
     
  8. pasadenahotrod
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    pasadenahotrod
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    from Texas

    Stay in the corner until you understand what you did wrong.
     
  9. Mr48chev
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    Sometimes the really simple things will beat your ****.
     
  10. Don's Hot Rods
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    Don's Hot Rods
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    from florida

    Haha, don't feel like the Lone Ranger, we've all done similar things.

    One time I pulled up in front of the windows at a 7-11 and dimmed my lights. All four went out. When I hit the dimmer none would light up, so I figured the switch had to be bad because the odds of all four bulbs blowing at one time was impossible.

    After an hour standing on my head under the dash changing the switch they still wouldn't work. :confused: You guessed it..........ALL 4 BULBS HAD BLOWN and when I replaced them they worked fine.:eek:

    Car's are strange animals.

    Don
     
  11. 327-365hp
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    327-365hp
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    from Mass

    Yup, like forgetting you shut the fuel pump of last time you drove it, then wondering why it won't start. :eek:
     
  12. Don's Hot Rods
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    Don's Hot Rods
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    from florida

  13. Flat-Foot
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    Flat-Foot
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    from Locust NC

    Thanks for the wiring diagram!

    Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
     
  14. d2_willys
    Joined: Sep 8, 2007
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    d2_willys
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    from Kansas

    You have to remember that the two outer lamps have both a high and low beam filament, where the inside bulbs are strictly high beams. One of the bulbs has a bad connection to the low beam filament or the bulb is bad.
     

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