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| solex |
 Dec 5 2005, 09:43 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 789 Joined: 12-January 05 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 3,439 Region Association: North East States  |
Ok so I finally decided to dig in an try to figure out the problem with my lights. Basically the low beams work but the high beams, although they work, will not stay on unless I hold the turn signal indicator back.
I remove the switch and completely cleaned the contacts, I removed the relay and also completely cleaned it. It appears that the metal plate on the top of the relay is not being held down to supply power to the lights. So I replace the relay with a new one but it has a lead "labeled 30" the orginal relay does not have this lead. What should I do with the 30 lead? Also I tried to clean all of the grounds, are there any grounds that are not obvious that need to be cleaned? Thanks, Dan |
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| Joe Ricard |
Dec 5 2005, 11:02 AM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
When mine did that I pulled the cover off the original relay and cleaned it up inside.
Worked great. Seems it had a dirty contact. |
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| solex |
Dec 5 2005, 11:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 789 Joined: 12-January 05 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 3,439 Region Association: North East States |
I cleaned-up my relay but did not have such luck. I have another relay on order hopefully this will correct the problem.
Thanks, Dan |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Dec 5 2005, 12:16 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
The replacement relay needs a jumper between the 2 "30" terminals, IIRC. The Cap'n
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| solex |
Dec 5 2005, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 789 Joined: 12-January 05 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 3,439 Region Association: North East States |
Cap'n the relay has only one 30 lead. It has the following leads:
S 56 56a 56b 30 The original did not have the 30. I have another relay coming that only has 4 leads hopefully this will solve my problem. Thanks, dan |
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| markb |
Dec 5 2005, 05:07 PM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California 
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Sounds like you got the wrong relay. The new one, with the proper connections, should solve the problem. |
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| wilchek |
Dec 5 2005, 05:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 506 Joined: 8-June 04 From: Eastern Pennsylvania Member No.: 2,177 |
if you can't find the relay take the old one to the part store. They can match it up in a book if they have half a clue. You would be surprised how many cars use the same relay.
good luck |
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| ewdysar |
Dec 5 2005, 05:36 PM
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What happens here, stays here. Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Altadena, CA Member No.: 3,030 |
I had the same problem earlier this year. The original style relay is NLA and has been for a while. The new relay with the extra tab is the official replacement. A jumper needs to be added to make the new relay work but I forget where it connects. I got my answer on this board.
"the truth is out there" Eric edit: It's a thread titled "Headlight issue" from Jan 6 2005. I don't know how to do a link straight to the thread, I found it using the search... PS. the short answer is: Jump tab 30 to tab 56. |
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| markb |
Dec 5 2005, 05:44 PM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California
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