[V8] Mystery of headlights

[Seamus O'Carey]

Yep, wire in some relays and not only will you keep from melting the switch,
but you'll see better as well. It's one of the first things anyone should do
to a car they intend to drive at night.

Seamus

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:26 AM, kneale at coslink.net <kneale at coslink.net>wrote:

> Overheated wiring to the headlight switch, Roger.  If you remove the plug
> on the back of the switch assembly, you will find part of the plastic
> connector has melted onto the studs on the switch.  You MAY be able to
> clean the switch studs if the heating hasn't damaged the internals and get
> the plastic out of the holes in the connector.
>
> The ultimate fix is to relay the headlights so the power isn't all going
> through the switch and replace the switch and connector.
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: roger at acadiareaders.com roger at acadiareaders.com
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 18:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
> To: V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Mystery of headlights
>
>
> Before I start to dig into it, I have a fault in my V8 involving
> headlights.Â
> Once a while ago I lost my headlights' low beams. I was driving home from
> some
> place after dark and when switching from high beam to main beam suddenly I
> lost
> ALL headlights.  I frigged with the dipper switch and the on and off
> switch for
> a second or so, and found that the main beams would return if I flipped the
> headlight flasher sharply.  Well and good.
> Â
> Today driving home from Rockland in the rain I noticed that I had no main
> beams
> at all, and couldn't get them to turn on, although high beams are working.
> Â
> I do not belive that the issue is related to bulb failure as my autocheck
> sysstem is silent.Â
> Â
> Any ideas?  I will be going out after dark to see if something is working
> or if
> perhaps the fault goes through to the interior dashboard lights, and that
> will
> give the fault search more diretion. Right now I am thinking that a relay
> has
> failed.
> Â
> Thoughts?
> Â
> Roger
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