[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 20 Jan 2005 at 12:05, Petri O. Calderon Larjanko wrote: > Car is due for registration and have been trying to fix the high beams. Low > beams and parking/quarter lights work fine. The light bulbs are new as > well. When I pull the turn signal indicator lever to put the high beams it > does not click any more. I am suspecting the relay, but anybody has any > other ideas? And, how can I test if it's the relay? Find the wire that runs from the relay to the steering column. Disconnect that wire from the relay. Short that relay terminal to ground. If the relay still does not click then it's a relay problem. You MAY be able to take the relay apart and fix it. Sometimes there is an obvious problem inside. If the relay clicks when you short that terminal to ground then the problem is in the switch on the TS stalk or the wire to that switch. Touch the column wire back to its terminal. If the relay clicks when you do this, then that wire is pinched somewhere, and permanently shorted to ground. Otherwise, either the wire is broken somewhere along its length, or the switch is not making contact. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~