low beams HELP HELP!!!
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From: Copley, OH
Since the brights work, power is gettingthru the main light switch to the multi-function switch. The wiring from switch to lights is unlikely to have failed without creating a short that would have taken out the fuse and shut down the whole circuit. My vote is for a failure in the multi-function switch. It's easy enough to test, but I don't have an EVTM (Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshooting Manual) for a 94 so I can't tell you for sure which terminals to check.
On the 96, you need to look for the rectangular 7 wire connector on the switch (there are 2 connectors, the other is oddly shaped) and test for continuity when the switch is in the low beam position between the connectors to which the red/yellow wire and the red/black wire which is right next to it attach. If you can get a hold of a 94 manual it will confirm the wire colors and show you the exact locations of the pins. There's WAY more work in getting to the switch to test it than there is in the actual test.
It's probably not a cheap part so you want to make sure it's really the switch before you throw parts at it.
On the 96, you need to look for the rectangular 7 wire connector on the switch (there are 2 connectors, the other is oddly shaped) and test for continuity when the switch is in the low beam position between the connectors to which the red/yellow wire and the red/black wire which is right next to it attach. If you can get a hold of a 94 manual it will confirm the wire colors and show you the exact locations of the pins. There's WAY more work in getting to the switch to test it than there is in the actual test.
It's probably not a cheap part so you want to make sure it's really the switch before you throw parts at it.
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StrangeRanger
I checked the switch and you were right, its harder to get to than to test.
Well continuity checks o.k. Switch is good. What next?
Checking everything and can't find anything loose or shorted.
Man I am lost. Would appreciate any help.
Later
Mike
tennvic@att.net
I checked the switch and you were right, its harder to get to than to test.
Well continuity checks o.k. Switch is good. What next?
Checking everything and can't find anything loose or shorted.
Man I am lost. Would appreciate any help.
Later
Mike
tennvic@att.net
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From: IOWA
I agree with StrangeRanger. Although I have not taken my '95 steering column apart to see how the multifunction switch is, my '88 Ranger did the same thing as your truck. I pulled the shroud and saw that the multi-function switch got too hot while using my brights, because the plastic started to warp and the contacts were not making contact.
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