Headlights went out...help!
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From: Detroit area
Headlights went out...help!
Was driving tonight , turned on the headlights and they didn't come on. I hit the brights and they both came on. Switched off the brights and just my right lowbeam came on. A short time later I shut the vehicle off, when I turned it back on, none of the headlights worked. I hit the bright switch, and the little blue light on the dash came on, but still no headlights. However, now the little blue light stays on no matter how many times I step on the button, and no headlights. My parking lights all work. I unplug the dimmer switch on the floor and the blue light goes out, but still no lights, and the idiot light comes back on when I plug it back in.
The vehicle is a 90 E150 conversion van, with the dimmer switch on the floor. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
The vehicle is a 90 E150 conversion van, with the dimmer switch on the floor. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Central Kali
I would start by unpluging the switch on the floor and see if you have +12 at it's input with a voltmeter or test lamp. (turn on the lights). If you do, plug the switch back in but still monitor the voltage. You can use a pin to poke through the insulation.
If the above test is ok, monitor the outputs of the switch.
If the above test is ok, monitor the outputs of the switch.
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Actually fixed it in the daylight today. Turns out that both the headlight connecters were corroded and once I played with them a little , my headlights worked perfectly....Last night was just too cold to mess with them, and I drove home with a spotlight sitting on the dash shining out my front window. LOL Luckily I didn't have far to drive. Anyone have any easy tricks to cleaning the corrosion off the female connectors?
