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Re: Dim Headlights

To: "Jon and Maggie" <jm.rider@verizon.net>, <sandhoff@csus.edu>,
Subject: Re: Dim Headlights
From: "Fred Schroeder" <roadster@schroeder-family.us>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:37:50 -0500
> Anyway, just wanted to let you know - thanks!  I fully agree with your
> assessment of symptoms and cause.  I'm also surprized that the headlights
are
> routed through 2 fuses - on both of my roadsters (69s) there is only one
> fuse?

I should read the entire message before replying!  Anyway, the '70's had two
fuses for the headlights to split the load and reduce(?) fuse holder
failure.  Talk about a weird symptom.  Pull one of the headlight fuses and
see what happens.  The headlight will go dim (not off!) and the high beam
indicator will remain on regardless of the dimmer switch setting.  Took me a
while to find it the first time it happened.  (Thirty years ago with no
internet.  Bummer!)


Best regards,

Fred Schroeder
roadster@schroeder-family.us
NRA Life Member
Homepage: schroeder-family.us

Behold the superfluous. They are always sick. They
vomit their gall and call it a newspaper.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche   1844-1900






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