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Sparrow
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 Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 11:07 pm Post subject: Head lights cut out |
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yeah...
like the bloke with the heater cutting out ... my head lights do it too...
In the loom under the dash there is one burn't wire (red/green stripe it think). I pulled the connector appart, pushed the wire back in, but the wire still heats up and pulls out again ...
--> Why would the wire be getting so hot as to melt the plastic in the wiring loom... Where is the head lamp relay in a 75 TX seadan, and where will the head lamp circuit earth ???
(why the fuck is everything in my car suddenly getting hot !!! ei:engine temp...) |
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Racegem
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Joined: 30 Jan 2002
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 1:44 am Post subject: Re: Head lights cut out |
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| What headlights has the car got? Standard sealed beams or Halogen conversions? If the latter, what wattage globes are in them? |
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Adam
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 2:04 am Post subject: Re: Head lights cut out |
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Does it only overheat while the lights are on?
Have you got any other electrical mods that might be short circuitting? |
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Sparrow
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Head lights cut out |
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mmm....
yeah i've just got the old school sealed beam head lights.... (standard)
nah... it's runs hot most of the time (lights on and off)...
--> electric mods... i hooked up a tacho in the dash instead of the clock... that's about it ... |
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NUT161
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Head lights cut out |
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| do u have a blue tx? |
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Adam
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: Head lights cut out |
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You've got yourself a short circuit somewhere by the sounds of things, grab yourself a multimeter and go hunting... oh... good luck*.
*you'll need it. |
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Adam
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2002 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Head lights cut out |
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| Me? No. I have a blue TD, with round headlights... |
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