Can't say about the turn signals but my headlight problem was identical. I had a bad connect to the female spade connector on the grounding terminal under the dash. Tested good I think because when I put the probe on it the pressure made the connection. Pressure off, bad connection. Mike On 6/14/06 9:39 PM, "Mcallister, Kevin R." <kmcallis@WATER.CA.GOV> wrote: > I've tried searching on the archives but never have much luck so here > goes... I'm trying to solve a headlight/turn signal mystery on my 87 > westy. When the low beams are on, the passenger side appears somewhat > "yellow" while the drivers side burns fine. When I switch on the > highbeams, the drivers side is normal but the passenger side high beam > does not come on at all and the high inside the low beam bulb just gets > even "yellower". Add to this a turn signal problem that may be > related?: my left turn signal blinks fast, right normal, but right will > not blink at all when lights are on (park or headlights) and the left > bulb has both filaments burning (turn and indicator) when lights are on. > So far I've changed out all of the turn signal bulbs, one badly corroded > socket, all of the headlight bulbs, headlight switch, and added > headlight relays. No change in either condition. I also dropped the > fuse panel and cleaned every ground on the two star grounds, cleaned > behind them to bare metal, and replaced any connectors that were > corroded, still no change. I'm going to try a new turn signal switch > next but I'm getting tired of buying parts. Looking for any other > suggestions from those that have walked before me, thanks. > > > > Kevin > > > > 87 westy, "Wes the trip ship" > > > > > > |
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