youve got a short in your tail lights or parkers circuit or dah light circuit
I put my money on the tail light circuit
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| Author: | Santos [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
Been battling a problem for the last two weeks. When i turn on the headlights it kills the stop light fuse and the interior lights don't work (or the dashlights either) It also kills the digital dash clock, which resets when i turn off the headlights When in this 'mode' the highbeem light stays on even knowing its on low beam or when i use the brakes it flashes the highbeam light. Last week tried replacing the indicator stalk cluster AND the instrument cluster. Found a dead earth (ripped out) going from the chassis to the body. I soldered it back on and it appeared to all be working perfectly whilst stationary, even if i used my old original indicator and instrument clusters. Put it all back into its place. Started the car and it lasted half a block before blowing again. Have since double checked the rear earth, replaced the earth from the battery to the car body (actually added a 2nd wire) Still blowing fuses and depriving me of stoplights, interior light and dashlights. All other electrics appear working fine (radio, lighter, fan, heater, reverse and indicators etc) |
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| Author: | 89_tintop [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
fitted an aftermarket cd player lately?? |
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| Author: | Santos [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
not lately, about 3 or 4 years ago... the wiring was just hastily twisted in... been working since |
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| Author: | royce [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
youve got a short in your tail lights or parkers circuit or dah light circuit
I put my money on the tail light circuit |
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| Author: | SierraDan [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
royce wrote: youve got a short in your tail lights or parkers circuit or dah light circuit
I put my money on the tail light circuit x2 Ended up being muddy waterey shit in behind my talight globe. cleaned it out and wd-40'd it. good as new ever since. |
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| Author: | Lokidog [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
SierraDan wrote: royce wrote: youve got a short in your tail lights or parkers circuit or dah light circuit I put my money on the tail light circuit x2 Ended up being muddy waterey shit in behind my talight globe. cleaned it out and wd-40'd it. good as new ever since. X3 I had the exact systems you described. Turned out it was because of a cracked tail light cover. Water and moisture diddled the connection on the contacts for the tail light globe. Changed globe and solved problem for the short term. It reoccured so I replaced the whole assembly. All good now. |
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| Author: | Santos [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
funny enough i have had a smashed in rear bar for 2 +yrs now... never a problem. Finally got round to changing it last month... used the old assembly Also replaced one globe. will dig out a spare set and see if it fixes it in the morning
While i'm at it i'll look into waterproofing the sucker |
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| Author: | SierraDan [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
Try cleaning the socket out and seeing if it is the issue. |
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| Author: | Santos [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
i think i know which side is the culprit.. now if only i could remember where all the dumped cars are that i drove past in my area.... i need fuses
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| Author: | Santos [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
Replaced rear tailight assembly with a spare one from the shed. All fixed now. Cheers guys |
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| Author: | Santos [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
Grrrr! Today i was cleaning out the garage and decided to test a headlight bulb that was on the shelf. It worked then stopped working, i flashed the highbeam and it worked. Put old bulb in still no low beam. I now have no low beam. Checked fuses and dash lights are working.. any ideas? *sigh* |
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| Author: | Santos [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Headlights kill tail lights and interior lights |
unplugged and replugged. All good |
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