head light question
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head light question
on my 60 f100 i have 1 working headlight in low beam and all 4 working in high beam. this seems to have started when my alternator went out and i replaced it. i cant seem to find any broken or burnt wires and am a little perplexed.
any ideas, any clues,
thanks
gwyn
any ideas, any clues,
thanks
gwyn
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head light question
The only 2 things I can think of. Maybe a bad ground. And the low beem head light bulb may have a high in it as well. I wish I could remember for sure, see if it has 3 wires. Try switching the low bulbs and see if the problem follows.
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i swapped the lamp pods and all my lights went away so i put them back the way they were and both now work, for how long i dont know !!
it looks as if the ground though the case as there are only two wires to hook up. possible intermittent bulb ??
it looks as if the ground though the case as there are only two wires to hook up. possible intermittent bulb ??
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Sounds like the light socket terminal connections were not making good contact. You moved them around, now they work. If it does it again, lightly sand the contacts on the bottoms of the bulbs. I had a neighbor who earned a living doing stuff like that. He was in computer support. Different departments in the company would call with problems like "my printer stopped working", or "my computer is broken." He usually just needed to unplug and plug in the boards and the equipment was "fixed." 
Good luck, John
Good luck, John
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head light question
gwyn,
The lights ground through a pigtail that bolts to the headlight buckets, which bolt to the grill, which bolts to fenders. Anywhere along the way can be a poor connection.
Good Luck!
Brett
The lights ground through a pigtail that bolts to the headlight buckets, which bolt to the grill, which bolts to fenders. Anywhere along the way can be a poor connection.
Good Luck!
Brett
