RE: Headlights stopped working!

[Sandejas, Ignacio]

Charlotte,   Have you tried a spare headlight switch? I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the switch switches the circuit to negative to turn on the lights. So that may be why you have power but no lights..   Try that... Hope it helps! Iggy Sandejas Sydney Aust Datsun 1600 FJ20t www.dat16v.freewebsites.com -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:23 PM To: Ozdat Discussion List Subject: RE: Headlights stopped working! Thanks Chris I had a quick look at your page and will study it more when I have the time. Rewiring might be the only option left as the current wiring on my car is pretty dodgy. Had a look around your site too, havent seen it for awhile, and its coming along really well. :) The Esky looks great.   Also thanks James and Mark - I had a look at the earth on the bonnet release thingy and all looked well there, so I am guessing it must be something else.   - Charlotte.       From: Chris Howard Subject: RE: Headlights stopped working! Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 05:51:40 -0700 Your relay has probably crapped out I reckon. The Datto headlights use a strange switched earth instead of switched positive arrangement. Have a read of my headlight page, it might shed some light on the matter (pardon the pun :) http://turbovan.com/wiring.shtml Cheers, Chris Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://turbovan.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charlotte Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 10:47 PM To: Ozdat Discussion List Subject: Headlights stopped working! Hi All, We are having a few problems with the headlights in my 1600 and were hoping that there might be a 'quick fix' of some kind. They were working perfectly then suddenly after a trip to the coast they decided to stop working completely - thats all 4 of them. We have checked the wires going to the lights and there seems to be power to all of them - 3 pins in the outer lights and 2 pins in the inner lights - shouldnt there be no power to at least 1 of these to allow for an earth? We have checked the earth on the bonnet puller and it's all still connected nice and tight. All the other lights work - indicators, parkers, tail-lights etc. If you earth one of the wires to the drivers side lights they come on but this of course means that the switch doesnt work - it bypasses it - but we can see from this that none of the bulbs are blown. Help!!! We are completely stumped on this one, really hoping someone can help. Thanks, Charlotte. :) --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------