[DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc

[Dan Courtney]

Good suggestion Chris. I'll pull them out and lok for a good connection spot 
on the headlight.

Dan
Dan F. Courtney


Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
La Jolla, CA

Phone (858) 551-5455
Fax (858) 551-5456

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: <dfcex at pacbell.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; <SOBill at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc


> If I were you, one of the first things I'd do is ground the headlights 
> with a new ground wire to the frame or body as close to the headlights as 
> possible.
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> Chris
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>>From: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>
>>To: <detomaso at realbig.com>, <SOBill at aol.com>
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc
>>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:53:09 -0700
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>>I had The Winged Warrior turn signal / headlight switch rebuilt by SOBill 
>>Taylor.
>>The headlight switch went in easy and solved the problems with the high 
>>beams going dark when the right turn signal was activated and also the 
>>varying brightness from the right to left headlights (opposite side went 
>>brighter when I switched from low to high).
>>I installed a new fan switch from Byers for the manual sucker fan, then 
>>noticed a blown fuse. The new fuse started smoking and melting each time I 
>>turned on the fan. I noticed the fan blades were making contact with the 
>>radiator fins and creating alot of resistance due to a coolant tube 
>>pushing the fan forward. I corrected this and the fan and fuse seem to be 
>>doing fine. I didn't realize that resistance on a motor could cause a fuse 
>>to smoke?
>>My headlights were still very dim so I tried tracing their ground wire, 
>>but it seemed to go into a harness which disapears into the firewall.
>>Curiously, I noticed corrosion on the ground wire connection for the 
>>temperture activated push fans. I jumped this to the negative battery 
>>terminal and the fans starting switching on again. The curious thing was I 
>>think the headlights (at least on high beam) got brighter. Is it possible 
>>this could be the ground wire for the headights as well as the fans?
>>Anyway, the low beams are still so dim as to look like parking lights. I 
>>have the halogen bulbs and the square headlights already. Is there 
>>something else to check or do I just have to update to the newfangled 
>>headlight system?
>>
>>Dan
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>>
>>Dan F. Courtney
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>>
>>Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
>>La Jolla, CA
>>
>>Phone (858) 551-5455
>>Fax (858) 551-5456
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