[Christien]

I've been following this thread and re-reading it several times as I'm thinking of finally tackling this problem. I've been driving with the dim light (bright at idle) for a couple months now with no ill affects at all. But now something new has cropped up. For days at a time, the light will be completely out, regardless of idle. It's not a loose connection, because it still comes on when the key is in the last position before starting the car (CD box and fuel pump running) but then goes out when I start the car and while I'm driving. Then a couple days later, it'll do the bright at idle/dim above 2000 rpm.

What gives? Does this sound more like a bad ground or electrical connection somewhere? Maybe just the wires at the bulb itself need cleaning, as someone suggested above? I haven't had a chance to try anything out, aside from cleaning grounds around the coil, CD and voltage regulator when I changed out the coil and CD.