Quigs 1 Posted December 18, 2008 Right i know this has been covered many times before, i know the earth's for the headlight's are on the inside of the lamp panel, but is there any more for them?? My o/s headlight is playing up, if i flash the main beam the n/s work's properly but on the o/s the headlight and driving light just come on dim, if i switch to low beam the o/s headlight is dimmer. also when on low beam high beam doesn't work all. is it just the earth's on the o/s lamp panel i've got to mess around with?? They worked fine yesterday, it's just since i've brought the car home from the bodyshop. Thanks for your help in advance, Quigs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quigs 1 Posted December 18, 2008 Right one of the problem's sorted, i can get side lights, low beam, and flash main beam, it was the earth's after all, i cut the old connector off and made my own. Still got one problem though, when on low beam i can't switch onto high beam. Any ideas?? I have changed the light stalk but no change. thanks in advance Quigs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,657 Posted December 19, 2008 you can flash main beam when yore on dipped? sounds like you have two dead stalks then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quigs 1 Posted December 19, 2008 you can flash main beam when yore on dipped? sounds like you have two dead stalks then! No, only flash main beam when on side lights and when the lights are off. is the stalk meant to click? because both of them don't. Quigs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,657 Posted December 19, 2008 sounds like you have 2 broken stalks there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quigs 1 Posted December 19, 2008 ok cheers, i'll go on the hunt for another one tomorrow, does yours click on yours when you switch to main beam? Quigs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richard 0 Posted December 22, 2008 I remember along time ago now a similar problem with the 1.6 Turned out to be the opposite earth block to the light that was affected. Everything was corroded up to hell so after a couple of hours cleaning everything up etc it finally worked. problem for me was, turn lights on - fine although one was slightly slower to come on that the other but milliseconds difference turn lights off - fine turn lights to full beam. everything came on turn lights back to main beam. driving lights still on. Turn lights off, - fine turn lights on to main beam, driving lights came back on again (they shouldnt) only way it would stop the full beam was to turn ignition off. Earths can cause all sorts of niggles... Depending on what the bodyshop have done, you may also have a live short. I found out when a garage did some work for me on the 1.9. They subsequently wont be again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quigs 1 Posted December 22, 2008 thanks Richard, i'll have a look at them tonight, i done all the work on the car in the bodyshop as i work there. Quigs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
