EZ wiring lights prob.

instal EZ wiring kit today on a c10. my ights are very dim. good battery, good ground, got 12v to headlights but when on, they are dim and the same for the rear.

 

Seems to me EZ kits don't use a relay, so the prob could be in your HL switch. Try byp***ing the switch and see how bright they are then.

 

i byp***ed the swith and still the same. I went to low beams and they were vey low and the same with the high beams.

 

You say good ground but is it ? Was the truck a full tear down and re***embled after paint ? Just asking not enough to go by.

 

How do they look at night?


(sounds smart ***...sorry..but you don't give us any hints that would help us figure it out)

 

Is your battery grounded to the engine only? There should be a ground strap to engine / frame / body.

 

I checked all my grounds with a meter and they are good. the kit did not come with any grounds but it starts and runs good, only thing grounded are wiring harness for the lights.


as far a night, im not sure but the beams are just a slight glow thats orange, a cig light would be brighter.

 

battery is grounded to motor and frame

 

How are you checking for power and ground? If you have a bad ground, it may not show up with a multi meter. The best way is to use a load to test. I have a headlight bulb I use to test high draw circuits

 

ill try that right now

 

Sounds like the body might not be grounded. Or the lights might not be grounded. When you check ground with a meter, how are you doing it?

I'd suggest you measure the voltage between the battery negative terminal (at the battery itself), and the ground wire at one of the headlights--the black wire coming from the headlight itself. See if you get a low voltage (under a volt) showing the ground is good. If you get more than a volt, the you don't have ground there. Do this with the headlights on.

 

C10 what year? 60-66 have that floating grille, ground jumps from core support to ch***is poorly, halogens previously used will burn a headlight switch, firewall connector can get dirt/sand

 

try running a second good ground, even if it is just temporary, right to the back of the headlight bulb. isn't a 12 volt bulb in a 6 volt truck?

 

.......I would check to ground again.....if you hook it direct and still dim, its gotta be a ground

 

Bolt a test ground wire to cab and bed and tell us what happens

 

ground from the battery to headlight, with a heavy wire, 12 guage are so.

 

I EFFIN FIXED IT thanks guys for the help. the issue wasnt a ground for once. RUSTYANGEL you won today. I cleaned all the connectors and even hit them with some sand paper and now it all works. WHO HOOOO. Ive been at this all day. thanks guys.

 

Why is it Barbers know every thing about everyone in town .

 

Im back.... I need help on wiring the brake light switch, ive got power to it but what goes out the other side?

Ive got no tail lights, but ive got blinkers.

No dome light, wiring them makes no since to me.

 

Nothing comes out of the BL switch till you push on the pedal . If it is a hydraulic one you have to have working brakes. The output wire fromthe Bl Sw. goes to the turn signal switch. Dome light works several diferent ways ,if you have door switches the DL is hot on both sides and the door sws. ground out the circut to turn the light on. Some things it is controled only by the headlight SW.

 

Other side goes to the turn signal switch. White, I think.

 

dome light is controled by headlight switch
electric brake switch mean i should have hot going in and other wire should go to the turn signal switch" in the column?"

 

ive got a headlight switch from a 67 c10, I pluged it into where the white dome ground goes but where does the orange dome wire go? how does the dome get 12v?

 

orange light from head lights is a bad ground period. If you got a gl*** car re do all your grounds and add a few.

 

headlights work now, just no tail, brakes or dome.

 

I would ck. the ground on them also and ck the park light wire usualy( Brown) with a probe light and verify power. If no power check the headlight switch or just jumper the park light lead with a direct hot wire from the battery and see if you have lights.

 

Orange is a constant +12 V. The dome light its self will always have power the ground be the White is what is switched on and off, either by the headlamp switch or door jamb switches. That Orange wire also feeds the power to the brake lamp switch. As stated before the other wire at the brake switch is white but do not confuse it dome light white. That one goes to turnsignal to either light up as stop (both) or signal left or right.

 

its a new switch, but i get no power out to the tails, i was debating on splicing into the dimmer switch if i cant figure it out.

 

ok, i hooked up the brake light sw to the white on the column and i got nothing. It has power going to it.

 

I didnt say exactly where the white dome goes the headlamp switch. It goes to riostat (that the round heater coil looking thing) and the Orange will plug in to the shared 12V spade terminal also on the headlamp switch.