[DeTomaso] Dim head lights

[Will Kooiman]

I had the same problem.

The hard plastic connector was at fault.  It was not holding the wires properly.  It would snap into place, but there was no tension on the wires.  So, if you "jiggled" the wires, the headlights would come on.

I don’t recall what I did about it.  That was several years ago.  I plan on switching to LED lights soon, so I'll probably check it again.

On 10/5/20, 7:42 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

    Tom,

    I had this problem when I first got my Pantera. The cause was a poor connection between the short harness inside the fender, and the main wiring harness. 

    If you have an early car, you have no splash shields and your forward light harnesses are subject to all sorts of road splash and debris. Jack up the front of the car, remove the front wheels, remove the splash shields if present, and start cleaning connections. 

    There are short harnesses with a standard three prong connector which plug into the back of the headlights. Remove those and clean all the contacts. The other end of those harnesses connects to the main harness so unplug and clean them too. Then fabricate splash shields if you don’t already have them. By coincidence I published a how-to article in a recent PCNC newsletter, available to everyone on the club’s website. 

    Good luck!

     Mike

    Sent from my iPad

    > On Oct 5, 2020, at 08:58, Tom Cabanski <tcabanski at tencom.com> wrote:
    > 
    >    All of a sudden my head lights are dim when I turn them on after many
    >   years of no issues.
    > 
    >   When I switch to high beams the driver side works, but the passenger
    >   side head light does not work at all.
    > 
    >   Many years back I did make the relay update to the wiring to get the
    >   power off the ignition switch and installed new bulbs.
    > 
    >   Bad head light? Bad ground somewhere?
    > 
    >   Tom
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