Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:07:42 -0600
Reply-To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Headlights Still Out
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It sounds as though the PO or someone has done some customizing of
the HeadLights on this Van ~
so do we know if it might have Relays in the HeadLight circuits that
may be malfunctioning or disconnected
due, possibly, to "maintenance" done by the StTroopers?
ORR ~ DeanB
On 16 Oct , 2012, at 9:22 AM, Cunegonde wrote:
> Thank you again for specific circuit testing.
>
> The driver's side hi beam stays on when I let go of the stalk. The
> hi beam indicator works. These are why I didn't think the column
> stalk switch was internally malfunctioning. It's connections might
> be, and now that I have soecific wiring path suggestions, will get
> on it!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 5:50, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> At 02:46 AM 10/16/2012, Cunegonde wrote:
>>> Cunegonde has 2 Bosch 7" Euro sealed beam buckets (same as vintage
>>> BMW twin motorcycles) courtesy of a PO. I upgraded to halogen lamp
>>> bases, which all worked well enough until some overzealous and
>>> clumsy state troopers ripped out dash and starter battery wiring
>>> looking for nonexistent substances. I managed to repair the no-
>>> start problem they left me with, but headlights have been
>>> intermittent since.
>>
>> Gee, that oughta be a pretty big clue...violence done to wires,
>> intermittent follows, look for unplugged connections behind fuse/
>> relay panel, bad crimps, wires broken inside insulation.
>>
>>
>>> Cunegonde's only working headlight circuit is driver's side high
>>> beam, which goes on/off normally from the steering column stalk
>>> switch. Driver's lo beam and passenger side lo & hi are all non-
>>> functioning.
>>
>> You're still not being specific enough to be certain what you're
>> saying. I infer that with ignition on, headlight switch on,
>> cycling the stalk switch turns L-HI on and off. I further infer
>> that with headlight switch don't care, ignition don't care, pulling
>> and holding the stalk also gives you L-HI as long as you hold it
>> back. If that's the case, everything is good from the top of page
>> 97.20 down through the input and at least the 56a output terminal
>> of the stalk switch in the middle of track 43; plus the wire on
>> that track feeding S5 and S6 and all the wires from S5 out to the
>> headlight and back to ground on track 42. What you have to do now
>> is trace the voltage down tracks 40, 41, and 43 to see at what
>> points (minimum of two) it vanishes before it's supposed to or
>> alternatively continues through the right headlamp and appears on
>> the track 43 ground wire where it shouldn't be. If your high-beam
>> indicator isn't working then you've got an additional break between
>> S5 on track 42 and the panel connector on track 44.
>>
>> Nobody but you can go farther with it at this point.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>>
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