[DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc

[Curt Hall]

Dan...
  I was having the same problem with my 4x6 sq. Vader head lights! Very low brights and very dim low beams! I was at are PCNC tech session in April this year. With the help of Jim Murch and Larry Finch (Larry helped me install the light awhile back, he did a great job, but the damn light switch crapped out be for we could test the lights) We found, after pulling Larry lights apart (same lights) that the  plugs to the back of the light was wired wrong! Fixed the plugs and i now have 100w brights and 95w low beams! If you don't figure it out I can pull one of my lights and let you know the order of the plug! Maybe the problem?
  Good Luck
  Curt
  

Dan Courtney <dfcex at pacbell.net> wrote:
  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

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Kimball" 
To: ; ; 
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" 
>>To: , 
>>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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