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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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voltage issue?

well i got this stupid truck almost done and now this pops up. basically the lights pulse and some time just dim, its totally random. any ideas?

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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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you may have a short in the light system somewhere. Does you light switch click when it does it. Mine did the same thing when it is doing it I disconnected the four wire plug for the rear, front right, and front left, when it stopped I new it was in the front right corner, sure enough the wire rubbed through on the alum grill shell where it attaches to the headlight bucket.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 10:03 PM
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kingford72 is correct; you have a short downstream of the headlight switch. The circuit breaker inside the headlight switch is interrupting, causing the lights to blink.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Might not even be a short. Over time the breaker in the headlight switch will do that no mater what. The proper thing to do is convert to a relay set up for you headlights. Swapping the switch wouldnt hurt either.
 
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