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Headlight Relay
I installed a new headlight relay in my 73'. Now I don't have high beams, I pull back on the turn signal arm and nothing, no clicking. I do recall somewhere that you had to install a jumper, I did a search at another site to no avail. Anyone have this problem?
Thanks.
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02-18-2008, 06:19 PM
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Out of curiousity, what happens if you reinstall the old relay? Mike
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02-18-2008, 09:19 PM
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I'd have to find it again. The reason I replaced it was, I had low beams but when I went to the high beams, once in awhile the would drop to low and jump back to high. Then other times it would just stay on high just fine.
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02-19-2008, 05:37 AM
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sounds like the wrong relay or a defective one. The relay from a '69-'70 VW(pretty much any of them) is the same and less than $10. I did not need any jumpers when I replaced mine, just plugged it into the fuse block
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02-19-2008, 07:14 AM
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Thanks! I'll give it a shot.
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You have to add a jumper wire to connect pin 30 to the red with a white tracer that is connected to pin 56. The red with a white tracer feeds power to the light circuit. and the relay toggles that connection between the yellow wire on pin 56a, and the white wire on pin F. Pin S connects to a yellow with a red tracer wire, and that is connected to the turn signal switch. When it grounds pin S, the relay is momentarily energized, toggling the state of the contacts to change the beam.
Put a jumper from pin 30 to pin 56. Pin 56 can be identified by the red with a white tracer wire. |
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02-19-2008, 06:52 PM
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That's the info I was looking for.....
Thank you very much!!
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Perfect timing on this thread! Ok, the jumper helped...but now it's a 50/50 chance that the headlights are going to come off of whatever setting they were on when I pull back on the turnsignal lever. The relay clicks but the switch to high from low or visa versa isn't happening 100% of the time.
HELP! I've actually been chasing this one for over 5 years! Mahalo, Kelly |
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03-04-2008, 01:18 AM
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Anyone??
Bueller, Bueller, Bueller.... TK
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Nevermind.... I got it. The little tab in the relay wasn't straight....so I straightened it. MUCH BETTER!
Laters, TK
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03-06-2008, 10:58 PM
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et voila!
Better the $relay$ than the $$switch$$ anyway
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