Blowing left headlight bulbs. Any idea why?
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Blowing left headlight bulbs. Any idea why?
On my '99, I'm going through left headlight bulbs about once every two weeks or so. I have yet to replace a right one. The bottom of both headlight lenses have been drilled through b/c they were both collecting water. Also, the left one got hit by a rock, and had a small pencil size hole in the bottom... I've since glued a piece of clear plastic over the hole in the lens to "seal it up". Regardless, I keep blowing bulbs.... not sure why.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Hey Andy, you need to be hang around more often. If it were me I would be checkin for any corrosion in the receptacle and if it's clean you almost have to have a break in the wire someplace that's causin a short. Not much else to go wrong with headlights. Battery and ground to the switch, then from there to the lamp and that's pretty much the whole circuit. A broken or corroded wire could cause amperage differences being sent to the bulb and killin it is what I'm thinkin here.
Give me a minute to do a search and I'll post it here for a new replacement set of high output wires that put out more light then the factory wires anyway along with taking the load off the switch which is a known weakness in these trucks anyway.
Here ya go. https://www.dieselbombers.com/5-9l-2...t-harness.html
Give me a minute to do a search and I'll post it here for a new replacement set of high output wires that put out more light then the factory wires anyway along with taking the load off the switch which is a known weakness in these trucks anyway.
Here ya go. https://www.dieselbombers.com/5-9l-2...t-harness.html
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AndyMan (10-21-2008)
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Ahhhhh Hello again my wise friend!
yeah, I should be around here more often. I've been a fixin' up a "old" (2000) Yamaha YZ250. She's been a long project, but I finally got her in the dirt this past weekend. Dang... that thing is FAST.
But I digress... So yeah, that harness is EXACTLY what I need. I've had crappy lighting for years, and have planned to do the sport headlight conversion, but have never gotten around to it. I had also thought about adding some relays and pumping 12v directly to the lights... but this harness will save me all that trouble!!! WHOO HOO!!
Thanks man!
Andy
yeah, I should be around here more often. I've been a fixin' up a "old" (2000) Yamaha YZ250. She's been a long project, but I finally got her in the dirt this past weekend. Dang... that thing is FAST.
But I digress... So yeah, that harness is EXACTLY what I need. I've had crappy lighting for years, and have planned to do the sport headlight conversion, but have never gotten around to it. I had also thought about adding some relays and pumping 12v directly to the lights... but this harness will save me all that trouble!!! WHOO HOO!!
Thanks man!
Andy
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