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Date:         Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:55:25 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight Failure
Comments: cc: vwfixer@CENTURYTEL.NET
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In a message dated 26/09/2005 12:25:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Hi Everyone, So I've been having headlight trouble for a little while and today they sort of quit on me. I have had the relays and brighter bulbs installed for almost two years now with no problems what so ever and pretty good light. So here is the problem, in the low beam setting I now have the two outers on but at about 40% the normal brightness and sometimes the right inner also glows a little on the low beam setting. Now if I switch to high beams the first problem is the high beam indicator does not light up, it did yesterday and only the right side inner lights up nother out of the left. I have swapped all the bulbs and they all work in the working light so I know that is not it. It has not blown any fuses. I replaced one of the relays with a spare and still nothing All the wiring for the relays look good but on the left side headlight it looks like the pig tale got a little hot and has some black plastic but still makes contact and is not very bad and that is the bulb that works. Anyone ever run into this before? Or have any tips?

Kevin, most likely the pigtail sockets have gotten overheated from poor contact. The best thing to do is to replace the two sockets with new ones. They are available from most any good FLAPS. Make sure to make good watertight splices using heat shrink butt connectors. Use Dielectric grease on the contact of the bulb to the socket and you will not have any more problems. BTDT a few times now on mine and customers vans.

Cheers,

Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) 1 _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 08 ~ 11, 2006


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