High beam - its Gawwwwne !

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High beam - its Gawwwwne !

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Its a 1995/6 import....

Low beam spot on, high beam nothing ?
No 12 volts at the H4 connector....

Hit thwe pass light - hear the relay but nothing out of the lights.
also the high beam indicator light on the dash dont come on when
switched to high beam position....

Got volts at the fuse in the JB.

Had the switch gear apart and wd40'd it to hell....

any ideas guys?
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The bulb has gone/ blown
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if you have 12v at the business end of the fuse but not the bulb end that indicates a wiring fault.
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rover220 wrote:if you have 12v at the business end of the fuse but not the bulb end that indicates a wiring fault.
Thanks for the replies. thats what I thought but I dont know the routing of the wires and where to isolate first...

Any ideas greatfully received.
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cargo wrote:The bulb has gone/ blown
No volts at the bulb connector so unfortunatly its not the bulb, but thanks for the reply.
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if it was me, id make a new loom from after the fuse, wont be pretty but will work.
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did you sort this mate cos i've got exactly the same problem.
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checked the voltage at the bulb connector, nothing for high beam, checked fuse is ok, have checked voltage to the fusebox...ok, checked voltage to the relay....ok, checked continuity from the relay to the bulb connector.......ok, so methinks the headlight relay is shot!
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bummer, just received my new headlight relay this morning, just nipped home for lunch to try it out and still no main beam.Any ideas??
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check the switch is getting 12 volts?
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rightyo i'll give that a go tonight hopefully.
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have checked the switch and its working perfectly, so is the relay (as its new) voltages on all wires as they should be except from the switch to the headlights so looks like i'm gonna have to attack the loom.
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this is REALLY P*ssing me off now!! if the high beam indicator light blows does this blow the high beam?
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depending how its wired then yes, blown indicator could prevent headlights from working.
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but surely the the high beam indicator light is just a spur off the main beam wiring?
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