Wonky headlight..., back again (post 17) Options

[VaccaRabite]

Last fall, the drivers side headlight went out. it was miswired - I am not sure how it was working to begin with. Fixed the wiring, and everything worked great.

Saturday I washed my car.

Today, I decided to drive to work, even though rain was threatening, weather said I would be clear. But it was cloudy this morning, so I put the lights on. I got no beam from the drivers side light, again.

Also, I noticed that the charging system was right at 12 volts, where it is usually at 13. May be unrelated.

I know that the wiring at the light is correct. Any idea where to start trouble shooting?

Zach

[VaccaRabite]

I'm back inside for the night, and I made progress.

I got my fogs/driving lights back up. Which means I will be able to see at night.

Once I pulled the lower dash pad out, and pulled the light switch down under the dash for examination, I started getting 10 volts at the low beams. Thats improvement. But they still take a second to build power - its not the instant on like the high beams have. Its almost like the low beams need a relay to switch in high volume current.

Now that I am sitting here typing it out, I did not look to see if the lights were instant on when I ran the test wire, but I believe that they were.

Anyway, I looked up at the under-dash wires and could not find a cut wire that might have been rubbing against the chassis. I am more and more convinced that it is the switch. Tomorrow I am going to button up the front end and get everything aimed. I am also going to run Spokes test and measure voltage at the switch. I was going to do that tonight, but I got tired. At the fuse box input, I have full voltage.

Zach