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headlights..one on, one off
On my 1970 911, the drivers side only headlight comes on. The passenger is off. When I go to high beams, they both are off.
All four parking lights work. The tail lights work also. I tried the fuses/wiring to the fuses, they look good. The connectors/plugs are tight also on passenger and driver side. Whats next???????????
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Try the bulbs. Typically, there are 2 filiments. One for low beam, the other for high.
Start with the simple! Then dig into the wiring diagrams! Good luck Brad
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Could be a combination of a burned out low beam filament and a bad high beam switch under the steering wheel. Both are easy to check and fix.
Howard
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not the bulbs...
Howard n Brad, Thanks for the tips..
I just tried swapping the H-4's..No change!!Something is up with the passenger side wiring.. Regardless of which H-4, passenger side is VERY dim,(thought it was off) drivers side is fine. Push the stalk for high beam, both go out. I traced the wires from passenger side to drivers, to the fuse box. No fuses burned, no loose wires.. Any one??????
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How do your headlamp sockets look? Are they clean? If not, clean them up, put a dab of dielectric grease on them and reassemble.
Try a few simple tests. Pull fuses 1 to 4 in the lower fuse box. (this disconnects the headlamps from the switches.) Check wiring between fuse and headlamp-Connect a wire (12-14 ga would be good), to the battery positive terminal and touch the left side of fuse block positions 1 to 4. Hit each one in turn and see if a lamp comes on. If you have a dim/dead lamp, pull the lamp and use a voltmeter to see if you have power at the headlamp connectors. Check wiring from battery, through switches to fuses-Get a volt meter and put key in ignition and turn on headlamps. In low position, you should have 12 volts at the right side of fuses 3 and 4. Put the high beams on and you should have power at fuses 1 and 2. Report your findings.
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