[DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc

[Christopher Kimball]

I'd find the ground wire going to each bulb and tap into that and go to the 
frame rather than the headlight casing--it is hinged and therefore may not 
be a solid ground.  The more ground wires you intercept and run to the 
frame, the better the overall ground will be.  I have no idea why the 
original car had almost everything going to one puny wire on one spot on the 
car--oh yeah, "it's Italian!"

Chris


>From: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>
>To: "Christopher Kimball" 
><chrisvkimball at msn.com>,<detomaso at realbig.com>,<SOBill at aol.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc
>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:30:09 -0700
>
>Good suggestion Chris. I'll pull them out and look for a good connection 
>spot on the headlight.
>
>Dan
>Dan F. Courtney
>
>
>Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
>La Jolla, CA
>
>Phone (858) 551-5455
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>----- 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.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>Dan F. Courtney
>>>
>>>
>>>Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
>>>La Jolla, CA
>>>
>>>Phone (858) 551-5455
>>>Fax (858) 551-5456
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