Re: [T3] Headlight Help Please (kind of long)

[Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com>]

KarlK=> boy my Square is really pissing me off. 

Electrical problems can be very frustrating, particularly if your system 
has been hacked up. What's the condition of your wiring harness -- just 
old? old and messed with? old and ripped up and partially replaced and 
rewired and improvised?

=> my headlights wouldn't come on tail lights and dash lights DID come 
=> on. 

You don't mention the front parking lights -- are they on or off?
What about high beams? Does your horn work?

=> I noticed a wire that fell off the spade connecter 

>From this (obviously insufficient, but I'll guess anyway) information 
I'd infer that you have an old and at least somewhat beat-up electrical 
system. Whatever else we figure out here, it would be worthwhile for you 
to get in there and make sure your connectors are all clean enough and 
tight enough.

=> what should I check for the headlights. 

The headlight circuits should be #s 2-5, reading your fuse block from 
left to right. Front parking lights (and some other stuff) are on #1. 
The headlight relay, which is the switch that actually turns your 
headlights on, is in the front of the car, next to the horn relay (they 
may look the same). First I'd be looking for wires fallen off the 
headlight relay or the relay fallen off its mount. It needs a good 
ground to work.

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 Big Ghia

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