[DeTomaso] Dim Headlight

[Bill Lewis]

Is there some type of document, like a "Last Will & Testament" that Mike can sign, so that when he breathes his last, his brain will be donated to POCA - like in the horror movies in the '50's & '60's, where they keep a brain alive in a vat of life juices. --Bill





> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:59:29 -0500
> To: jefude at bellsouth.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dim Headlight
> 
> 
> In a message dated 2/10/10 6:43:45 PM, jefude at bellsouth.net writes:
> 
> 
> > #4134 (PreL) has a dim high & low beam on the right (passenger) side. I 
> > have been advised that this is probably due to a poor ground.  Can anyone 
> > tell where the grounding point is for the headlight circuits?  Or am I better 
> > off just running a new ground?
> > 
> 
> The ground for the front lights is on the main stud under the dash.   That 
> stud is impossible to find until you recognize that it is actually a 
> two-ended stud; the other end is the where the battery ground cable attaches.   
> There are numerous ground wires from all around the front half of the car that 
> converge on this single stud, which is virtually impossible to reach because 
> it's blocked by the heater box etc.
> 
> Chances are, your problems are not caused back there, but rather at the 
> pigtail connection up front.   The headlights have a fairly short harness 
> (perhaps a foot long) that then plugs into the main harness; lots of opportunity 
> for corrosion etc. at either that connection, or where the harness plugs 
> into the back of the headlights.   Time spent separating those connections 
> (four in total, two on each side) and thoroughly cleaning them out, is time 
> well-spent indeed.
> 
> Some advocate unplugging the ground wire from the connector and grounding 
> it locally to the body, instead of running the ground all the way back around 
> the car to the post in the cabin.   Perhaps that's something to consider if 
> simply cleaning the existing connections doesn't work.
> 
> Mike
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