faulty dip

[kjm]

I found out by chance today that my nearside dipped light wasnt working but the high beam still did , so I bought a new sealed beam light , but to no avail , any ideas

[PSL184]

Dirty bullet connections to either the lamp or the earth...?

[kjm]

will check that later in week , painting a room for xmas tomorrow

[kjm]

checked bullet connectors today , cleaned them .still no joy,

[bmcecosse]

Swap it to the other side - just to check it's working - yes - even the new one. Otherwise - start chcking back along the wiring loom to where the wires divide - and check the connectors there! A wee Multimeter(Maplins) is handy - but even a test light with croc clips would tell you if you have volts.

[RogerRust]

I think the wiring is common to the offside headlight and then tees off to the nearside lamp so there aren't many connections to check. You could always run a fresh wire from the working headlight connector across the car to the other side.

[Dean]

It could be any of the connectors along the wiring, follow the cable from foot switch to the headlight. Clean every connector you come across... it could take ten minutes or all day. If it takes all day resist the temptation to run naked around the block when it works... we don't want a topic about a minor fan being arrested in co antrim. ;)

[mike.perry]

Check the wiring into the three pin connector at the back of the headlight. If the main beam is ok then so is the earth so it should be a faulty dip which is the blue/red wire.

[kjm]

full beam is working ok , good to know that the blue/red wire is for the dip, it is a new loom so I would rather not run a wire from the drivers side that is working , would prefer finding the fault .

[kjm]

ran a wire across today and now both lights are working

[bmcecosse]

So - now you can trace back to find out why the loom wire isn't working! It will be a bad connection at the junction point.

[kjm]

Could you explain how to check this simply <>thanks

[bmcecosse]

Simply by pulling off each connection - inspecting/cleaning - and refitting!

[kjm]

cheers , by the way do you go to the national

[bmcecosse]

Scottish 'National' - probably!

[katy]

It's a good idea to use anti-corrosion grease/compound when re-assembling the connections.

[kjm]

Thanks Katy , do you prefer any particular brand?

[bmcecosse]

Smear of vaseline ?

[katy]

A smear of vaseline will work.
I prefer "Grote" brand as it has corrosion inihibitors in it.
http://grote.com//cgi-bin/goc/goc.cgi?p ... mber=99170
You might not find that brand in the UK

[kjm]

dip now sorted , David and Stevey came over last week , a blue wire was unattached , lights all now working off the loom , the boys even set them for me