Culpable's HID system, Lights wont turn on Options

[6gsillyca]

My headlights won't turn on. The last few weeks they have been sketchy, ie I need to flick the switch on and off a few times before they fire up, or either the left/right light will come on, but not both of them at the same time.

I seem to notice it happening more often when it rains, but somehow I think it is just a coincedince.

I'm guessing its a wiring problem, but I don't know what it could be, as it affects both the left and right lights. It used to work by switching on/off a few times, so all the wires should be hooked up correctly.

[6gsillyca]

Found the problem. It was in the wiring. Stupid thing, had to take the entire harness before I found it... Turned out to be the fused +12v constant that goes from the batt to the relay. The spade connector that connects to the batt is shrinkwrapped. The soldering WITHIN the shrinkwrapping snapped, so I never noticed it until I was pulling the harness to send to stevenson. The relay was shot too, probably fried when the soldering snapped...

Oh well, I guess now I don't loose a month downtime waiting for him to test/replace the faulty parts. I just have to re-tuck the harness back into the engine bay. Yipee...



BTW I had been using the plastic "washers" that came with the bulbs to hold them inside the headlight housing, and lost one when I was pulling the bulb out. Does anyone know of something else to use to hold the bulb in, or where I would be able to get another "washer"

This post has been edited by 6gsillyca: Aug 16, 2007 - 2:44 AM