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On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 10:15, Jim Adney wrote: > On 8 Jul 2005 at 8:01, Timothy Kender wrote: > > > For the 1st time since purchasing my 73, I drove in the dark! Wow! Oh > > boy! Here's what happened: > > 1. With the headlights on, the GEN light did not illuminate UNTIL the > > RPM's were up a bit, say 15, 25, and 45 MPH. But, then, at those speeds, > > the light would glow dimly! If, I backed off a bit on the accelleration, > > the light would go out! But, then, at the next take-off, on it would > > dimly glow at said RPM's. > > Check your system voltage with the headlights on and off. It should be around > 14V at all times as long as you're up to med rpm. If it's low, replace the VR > with a Bosch 30-019. > > > 2. I bought a nice, nearly new license plate light kit and wired it > > in to the wiring where the old one had been (or so I assume... It looked > > like the only wires needing to be integrated back there. But, no light! > > Gotta do some line tests today. > > Better to look at your existing license light and get it working. With a bit of > work it will always be better than an aftermarket installation. Note that for > this to work you need a good ground and that the power is fed from one side of > the rear running lights. > > > 3. My right headlight glows a nice dim yellow-sunset, not a harsh and > > annoying bright white that could frighten Bambi into road stare! Gotta > > replace it. > > Since this is a '73 you've got the extra ground wires, so that should not be a > problem, but there's still the possiblity. If the other side is fine, then it's > not a system problem, it's just something related to the right side. Check the > fuses and fuse connections. Check the ground wire where it is held under a > screw in the RF corner of the trunk area. And don't forget Jim, Has a body shop been working on the head lights. I hate to say it, but with exterior light problems, one of the first things I look for is recent body work. > > Are both headlights standard sealed beams? -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~