A new fuse solved the Problem. Jerry called tonight and and said he was
holding what looked like a good fuse, but a new one in its place turned his
lights on.
He thanks you and I thank you. He is very impressed about the support this
list can give.
Harry
Thanks to Jim, Scott, Mitch,
And Dr. Marshall Booth is looking down with just the slightest smile
on has face.
John
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:40 PM, harry watkins harry...@bellsouth.net wrote:
A new fuse solved the Problem. Jerry called tonight and and said he was
holding what looked like a good fuse, but a new one in its
harry watkins wrote:
A new fuse solved the Problem. Jerry called tonight and and said he was
holding what looked like a good fuse, but a new one in its place turned
his lights on.
I once lost all the headlights in my 4x4 Subaru. First thing I did was grab a
flashlight and look at the fuses.
No low beam on the right side, same with new bulb. All fuses eyeballed as okay.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Harry
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harry watkins wrote:
No low beam on the right side, same with new bulb. All fuses eyeballed as okay.
To paraphrase Dr. Booth:
Replace all your fuses before your cam breaks and your pistons melt.
Mitch.
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Hahaha, I knew that was coming. All were replaced within the last six
months.
How about a fix Mitch, Poet Harry.
Harry
harry watkins wrote:
No low beam on the right side, same with new bulb. All fuses eyeballed
as okay.
To paraphrase Dr. Booth:
Replace all your fuses before your cam
No low beam on the right side, same with new bulb. All fuses
eyeballed as okay.
Check them properly anyway. 90% chance that rather than some
problem with the wiring harness. Can't be the switch, the L/R
split is downstream of that.
-- Jim
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can't always tell anything about a fuse by eyeballing it; swap a couple
of them around to see if the symptom moves.
if that doesn't have any effect, inspect the plug at the back of the
bulb to make sure none of the wires and/or contacts have pulled loose;
if nothing visible, try putting a
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Headlight problem, 85 300TD
No low beam on the right side, same with new bulb. All fuses
eyeballed as okay.
Check them properly anyway. 90% chance that rather than some
problem with the wiring harness. Can't be the switch, the L/R
split is downstream
Ground? Both sides of the circuit need to be complete.
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Thanks to Jim, Scott, Mitch, Ernest and OK Don for the tips. I sent them
all to the guy I gave the car to and asked him for feedback I'll report
back when I hear something.
Harry
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It HAS to be the combination switch.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:06 PM, harry watkins harry...@bellsouth.netwrote:
Thanks to Jim, Scott, Mitch, Ernest and OK Don for the tips. I sent them
all to the guy I gave the car to and asked him for feedback I'll report
back when I hear something.
: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Headlight problem
LarryT wrote:
Anyway - got a new harness and it seems to be fixed -
Does the car take 9000 series bulbs? (9004, 9006, etc)
From what I've heard, the connectors used with those bulbs can't reliably
handle the current
Howdy -
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about an intermittant low beam problem on my '91
300D - only the low beam on the pass side was affected - no problems with the
fuse - but when I was checkng the bulb I found the push-on plug that attaches
to the rear of the bulb had a strange problem - the
LarryT wrote:
Anyway - got a new harness and it seems to be fixed -
Does the car take 9000 series bulbs? (9004, 9006, etc)
From what I've heard, the connectors used with those bulbs can't reliably
handle the current demands of a headlight.
Mitch.
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