[DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc

[John Taphorn]

Dan

Additionally, clean the connectors between the main harness and the 
headlight pigtail.  They are accessible in  front of the front wheels behind 
the splashguards.

Corrosion in my connectors caused the headlights to be dim on my Pantera. 
You can confirm the quality of your connection with a voltmeter.  Check the 
volts at the headlamp connection and then at the mainharness after 
disconnecting the pigtail.  Mine was 4 or 5 at the lamp and 12+ at the main 
side of the connector.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SOBill at aol.com>
To: <dfcex at pacbell.net>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlights, fans, etc


> Dan,
>
> Chris is right on.
>
> Find the ground for each lamp and ground it to the chassis of the  car.
>
> This can be done by grinding a spot to bare metal, put a ring type  crimp 
> on
> the wire to be ground, use a hex head selfdrilling/selftapping screw to
> ground the ring, hit both side of the screw with a coat of paint or 
> undercoat
> after testing the lights.
>
> The chassis is the best ground you can have. The headlamp buckets  are not 
> a
> good ground.
>
> SOBill  Taylor
> sobill at aol.com
>
>
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