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Technical => Electrical Tech => Topic started by: bugmans42 on March 12, 2007, 08:40:22 PM

Title: lites out
Post by: bugmans42 on March 12, 2007, 08:40:22 PM
hi  yall      my  daughters  84 cat[ she says  its the coolest  car ]  has  no low  beams    got all 4 lites  on high    flash  to pass works  no power on the low    did the  switches  both  of them    got them  new  cheap    didnt  fix  anything  so i was wondering if the  system  has a  relay  that i cant  find  or im totally  missing something  she says i gotta  fix it  cause i turn  wrenches for a living  and i do much more  than  just simple head lites all day long    yea  thats  her      she wants my 93  626    cause  my  lights work  its a stick and it  gets 30 plus mpg  so i gota  find out  what the  hell i missed  last nite  in the cold    cant seem to  find  much  on line about  wiring  diagrams  i have the wire chart in pdf  but shiznit  that is a pita
Title: lites out
Post by: 88turbo on March 12, 2007, 08:50:17 PM
welcome, where are you located?  has the car had low beams since you've had it?
Title: lites out
Post by: bugmans42 on March 12, 2007, 08:57:48 PM
hey  88  i live  upstate ny    yea  she  said the lites went out last week at collage      they just  didnt work  on low
Title: lites out
Post by: Thunder Chicken on March 12, 2007, 10:06:36 PM
Almost seems too simple, but didja check the bulbs?
Title: lites out
Post by: bugmans42 on March 12, 2007, 10:58:06 PM
all 4 lites are on  with high beam  on            only  the outside  on for low  rite    no lites  with dimmer in low position
Title: lites out
Post by: Thunder Chicken on March 12, 2007, 11:03:32 PM
So did you check the bulbs? There are two elements in each of the outer bulbs, one for high and one for low. If the low beam elements burn out the lights will still come on with high beams.

Here's a wiring diagram to use if your bulbs are OK.
(http://www.foxthundercats.com/tech/8386lights.jpg)
Title: lites out
Post by: daboss351 on March 12, 2007, 11:37:12 PM
huge ass run on, bulbs seem unlikely cause all 4 wouldn't go out at once. seen stranger things though
Title: lites out
Post by: bugmans42 on March 13, 2007, 12:10:52 AM
no i didnt  ck  the the bulbs    guess i will have to look into that  this weekend  when  she gets  back    thanks  for the diagram    i never  noticed  how they  were configured  on this car  she  been driving it  for a yr  now  still  less than 100 k on  it    i picked it up  for 300      did  brakes alt  tires and tune up  need to  finish the doors  and she wants 15" mags  gota love it  car is older than  she  is
Title: lites out
Post by: daboss351 on March 13, 2007, 06:32:43 AM
nows shes got good taste then. smart girl you got there, didn't ask for a honda!
Title: lites out
Post by: Thunder Chicken on March 13, 2007, 10:04:21 AM
Quote from: daboss351;134162
huge ass run on, bulbs seem unlikely cause all 4 wouldn't go out at once. seen stranger things though

But all four didn't go out at once, only the two low beams did, which is not that uncommon, especially if one had been burned out but not noticed ;)
Title: lites out
Post by: daboss351 on March 13, 2007, 02:27:04 PM
thats true my moms jeep a fog light is out but you can't even tell
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