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Sometimes my headlights will flash on and off, at their choosing. when i bought it, they did this, but the dimmer switch was stuck on dim, i changed that and they worked for a month, no blinking. then last night they flashed a few times. I havent taken her out tonight because the rearend gear went south so i don't know if it will do it again. any ideas of what is causing this?
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Sometimes my headlights will flash on and off, at their choosing. when i bought it, they did this, but the dimmer switch was stuck on dim, i changed that and they worked for a month, no blinking. then last night they flashed a few times. I havent taken her out tonight because the rearend gear went south so i don't know if it will do it again. any ideas of what is causing this?
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The problem is usually traced to either the switch wiring connector being loose or the switch itself. There is a safety overload in there which is designed to keep the circuit from over-heating. It weakens over time causing the blinking. If the harness connector is not loose then change your headlight switch. To change the switch you have to remove the headlight dash **** and shaft together. There is a spring loaded push button on the metal part of the switch body under your dash. Press that down and pull out the **** and shaft as one unit. Then you remove the dash bezel. Couldn't be simpler.
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Check out the following techincal article:
<a href="http://www.sonic.net/~sdelanty/tools/relay">http://www.sonic.net/~sdelanty/tools/relay</a>/
In addition to replacing the switch, you might want to try this modification.
<a href="http://www.sonic.net/~sdelanty/tools/relay">http://www.sonic.net/~sdelanty/tools/relay</a>/
In addition to replacing the switch, you might want to try this modification.
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Good advice from stockman, my truck had this problem before, I installed a new switch, and fixed it. it's bad to have your lights flash off at night in a curve at 60 mph ain't it.
Good advice from stockman, my truck had this problem before, I installed a new switch, and fixed it. it's bad to have your lights flash off at night in a curve at 60 mph ain't it.
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Normally the light switch will solve the problem on the blinking lights. You may also want to check for a short or an overload before you buy an new switch. I found a short in the wiring on my 81 F150 at 239K. It was easy to spot because the wires with the short were melted on the connector for the switch. I found the short under the bed where a loop of wire had rubbed agaist the frame.
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