brake & front light issue |
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brake & front light issue |
JFG |
Oct 1 2018, 09:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 686 Joined: 7-April 16 From: Wales Member No.: 19,869 Region Association: None |
i have the euro light set up on the front of my car but i found an issue today.
all lights work normally on the exterior independently. today i saw my front side lights illuminate when i press the brake pedal, the brake lights come on also . the only other quirk i have is that when i indicate left or right the 2 arrows on tje gauge flash once then stop but outside lights work as normal. these arrows work when i use the hazard flashers. if i remember correctly i used a diagram from jeff bowlsby website for the wiring and i'm sure this has only just started as i've checked my lights numerous times |
JFG |
Oct 2 2018, 07:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 686 Joined: 7-April 16 From: Wales Member No.: 19,869 Region Association: None |
out of curiosity, as my fuse box is inaccesable right now, what is the appropriate after market relay to fit? 4 pin or 5 pin with specific numbers? i'm sure the relay on it now is an aftermarket silver square one.
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Spoke |
Oct 2 2018, 08:04 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,992 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
out of curiosity, as my fuse box is inaccesable right now, what is the appropriate after market relay to fit? 4 pin or 5 pin with specific numbers? i'm sure the relay on it now is an aftermarket silver square one. When the OEM flasher in my car started doing the "both indicators flashing" thing, I made a short pigtail like below, pulled the tach, removed the common wire from both indicators and taped up the wire, and installed the pigtail shown below. One wire goes to each indicator and the common goes to the ground on the tach. Problem solved. Not a real classy fix but then again, I'm quite lazy and didn't feel like dropping the fuse panel. If you want to replace the flasher, I sell the EP26 which is LED-compatible and drop in replacement. EP26 is available online everywhere but the C2 pin isn't connected to anything. I open the flasher and short C2 to ground to drive the wire to the indicators. About your front light coming on. It might be the bulb and its blackened base causing the issue. The dual filament bulb used for brake also has the running light. If the base doesn't make good contact to the socket the brake filament will light by sending current through the running light filament and to the other running lights on your car. A way to test this is to look at the brake light when ON and see if both filaments are lit. Try cleaning the base and retest. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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