4kq - one dim headlight

Huw Powell human747 at attbi.com
Mon Apr 22 15:03:46 EDT 2002


> Sounds like your grounds are going bad (same exact symptoms, BTDT multiple
> times), I usually just cut the brown wire at the headlight connector and
> ground it to some metal close by.

I second the opinion.

>
> >  have a '85 4kq.  Three days ago i noticed that the headlights would
> > >every now and then go dim real quick then get bright again...  The weird
> > >part is that ever since it went dim the display light on the dash that
> > >shows if the highbeams are on or not stays partially lit.

that's because the low beam current is partly grounding through the high
beam wire, and energizing that indicator in the process.  This is
consistent with it being the left headlight, as that is the circuit the
indicator is on.

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