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Ok guys I got one for ya....I was working on my choke last night and after i got finished I hopped in to take it for a test drive.The head lights could not come on.All other lights where on but the two head lights where off... After looking under hood and scratching head a few times I shut hood and lights came on...Any ideas? Also anyone know where the head light relay is :?
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timmytim wrote:Ok guys I got one for ya....I was working on my choke last night and after i got finished I hopped in to take it for a test drive.The head lights could not come on.All other lights where on but the two head lights where off... After looking under hood and scratching head a few times I shut hood and lights came on...Any ideas? Also anyone know where the head light relay is :?
I had that happen to me, mine turned out to be the ground behind the headlight wasn't grounding, so I had one light out, the other was dim... Best bet, pull the headlights out, and use a multimeter or test light to see if you got power to the light, and then check your ground wires if you do got power...
The ground is lust a screw that goes through a lug on the ground wire into the radiator core support behind the headlight bucket...
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:yt: Check your grounds and also check your headlights. There is NO relay for the headlights just a built in breaker in the headlight switch itself.
Check your dimmer switch also.
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I agree with what has been said. :yt:
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thanks :thup:
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