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Post Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 8:01 pm 
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hi guys
i have what is probably a silly question but here goes

u have a wt sierra with g16a conversion, the other day my head lights stopped working all of a sudden, my parkers and high beam work fin and the dash lights come on fine, is there a common problem i should be lookin for\, i have checked all fuses in the box(unsure what is what) but they all seem fine

thanks

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Post Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 4:04 pm 
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please help

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Post Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 7:50 pm 
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Multimeter and check connections at the back of the lights...?

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Post Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 10:09 pm 
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I had the same problem. I replaced the combination switch and it worked

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Post Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 6:54 pm 
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i am having a similar problem with one of my head lights. the passenger side is fine but my drivers side headlight won't work i am getting 10volts on all 3 terminals on the plug.

any ideas?

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Post Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:36 pm 
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For there to be 10V an all three terminals it would have to be something like a bad earth connection on that side?

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Post Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 2:44 pm 
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Ive had a similar problem before. i added another earth strap on the left side of the engine to the chassis and that seemed to fix the problem

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