temperamental front headlights :(

[grinder]

oh dear .. thats not good

so its either a really bad earth somewhere , or a bad wire

have a search , i have put a large thread up about mine dying on the JDM cab

ended up running a new wire from one of the fuses in the engine bay up to the switch in the cabin

IIRC , the lights are all worked from the switch ( err yeah !! LOL ) , you have 12v to the switch , and then that feeds the relays which power the lights

i was only seeing abotu 9v , and it wasnt enough to pull the relays , hence no lights

i spend ages with bits of wire jumping the relays to figure it out , but thats how i fixed mine

[richrx]

Hi

It\'s never good having trouble with the headlights, there a bit of a nightmare to sort. There\'s two or three threads on it sofar.

Grinder and prof had all the knowledgge when I was sorting mine. You\'ll need a multimeter, new wire, a solderer and time...

Like grinder says starting point is running a Fresh 12v wire from the fusebox to the switch behind the clocks in the cab, my switch was only getting 9-10v but it was enough to stop it working...

I then ran a second wire into a relay at the front, I experimented by connecting a wire to the battery and into the relay(each had about 4 connectors) for me doing it that way I got it fixed

I done it last year/2 years ago in the bad snow :o lots of swearing but worth it to get the car on the road again

Oh I spent hours trying to \'understand\' the system, don\'t! It\'s impossible and just wastes time :p

Thanks

Rich

[aundre-3000]

thanks for the input guys

went up the garage this morning lights worked tried them right now and get the same problem again

long shot but has any one got a wiring diagram for the front headlights

[Prof]

I have the proper electrical wiring diagrams for the RHD cars.  I am in work this weekend, and the scanner here is A3 and converts straight to PDF, so I can scan the relevant pages in and attach them to the thread tomorrow

[aundre-3000]

I have the proper electrical wiring diagrams for the RHD cars.  I am in work this weekend, and the scanner here is A3 and converts straight to PDF, so I can scan the relevant pages in and attach them to the thread tomorrow

legend thanks mate

[Prof]

Here you go...

[turbointhebrain]

useful prof! hope you are able to get this sorted aundre-3000. if i lived near i would lend a hand!

[aundre-3000]

just fixed it tonight

turns out it was a poor earth because the connector were corroded like turbointhebrain said so just rubbed the connector on the light and the actual connector with some sand paper to get rid of some of the rust so its worked thank god hopefully it will be ok now

you can just about see in the picture the rusted connector


just would like to say a massive thanks to everyone for the help

[Prof]

That is so wierd how only 1 contact has rusted...

[turbointhebrain]

That is so wierd how only 1 contact has rusted...

Yeah I thought the same! Glad you got it sorted aundre3000