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Dead headlights 200 1986

posted by  EdM. on  Fri Jan 20 14:44 CST 2006
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Sounds like you replaced the "step" relay, which is responsible for switching between high and low beams. That's the big one under the hood on the driver side. There's also a main headlight relay on the inside of the firewall on the driver side. It's about an inch cube with an aluminum case and a spring steel clip holding it in place. The corner lights don't go through this relay, nor do the high beams in their "flash" function, so it seems to make sense that it would be the culprit. If I get you right, you're saying that, when you pull the high beam switch, they come on, but when you release it, they go off again rather than coming on and staying on? If so, I'd check the main headlight relay.

-EdM.
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New Dead headlights [200][1986]
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