Still in the dark

[Tom Nas]

e2e <sam at edgetoedge.co.nz> wrote:

>To follow up my posting the other day, my headlights still don't go. Help me
>through my logic train and see if you can help....
>No high or low beam or fogs.
>Park lights go. Main beam flash goes = nothing wrong with bulbs or headlight
>wires etc.
>Fuses ok,connections under fuses ok = nothing wrong with fuse box.
>Stripped cleaned and tested headlight switch and dip/main switch assembly,
>all A OK, so nothing wrong there.
>The bizarre thing is that the low beams go when the right hand indicator is
>on, which would sort of point to melted wires somewhere, although no wires I
>have inspected so far show any stress at all.
>Standard bulbs and no relays, euro (kiwi actually) lights. Right hand drive.
>Are the fuses primary or secondary to the switch gear? Where does the supply
>come from to the switch? What the #$%& does the indicator have to do with it
>all anyway?

Sounds like something has fused in your steering column switch. Used 
high-wattage bulbs without relays in the past? My car had similar symptoms 
when I got it, courtesy of the PO. Get a good used switch, they're rather 
expensive items (though on the newer cars like yours, you can split the 
lefthand and righthand side of the unit and replace only the broken 
-lefthand- side).

Regards, Tom