Try wiggling the bright switch to see if there is a short in the circuit at the steering wheel column, this would eliminate the bright switch as a culprit Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2017, at 1:57 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > > Probably burnt contacts on the headlight connector. Could be burnt relay. > > Yrs, > d > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey guys >> >> I'm experiencing something weird in our 87' westy. When I go to turn on my >> brights, one of two things happens. One, the brights turn on as expected >> and then cut out about a minute later. Two, brights do not turn on. There >> does not appear to be any consistency or obvious signs why one would happen >> over the other. >> >> This is the first time seeing these symptoms after owning the van for a >> year. The previous own did have the high powered headlight package from >> GoWesty installed before we purchased it and we recently had a new aux >> battery system installed. >> >> Thoughts? Has anyone experienced this? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jared >> |
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