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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 11:37 AM
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Unhappy Electrical troubles

Problem is my headlights the low beam works fine but the high beam doesn't work but if you pull back the switch to flash the work...I checked fuses and everthing seems okay any Ideas?
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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Is this something you noticed while you were on the road driving? Or just as you were parked?
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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sounds like a relay or fuse problem... as the flash to pass uses the same filamanet in the bulb, but is on a seperate circuit
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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the contacts in the dimmer switch have burnt.take it out and file them down lightly until they are shiny.use a points file or maybe a fingernail file.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:24 AM
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Any other electrical issues as well? maybe radio cutting out or noise in the radio? hard starts or stalling? do the head lights flicker when you step on the brakes? Does the flash to pass high beams cause a near stall situation?

I had all of those problems and discovered it was fairly common in 2nd gen 3.0L. Check out this thread for the write up on the cheap and simple fix if any of the above applies to you.

Good luck!

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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ROMAD
Any other electrical issues as well? maybe radio cutting out or noise in the radio? hard starts or stalling? do the head lights flicker when you step on the brakes? Does the flash to pass high beams cause a near stall situation?

I had all of those problems and discovered it was fairly common in 2nd gen 3.0L. Check out this thread for the write up on the cheap and simple fix if any of the above applies to you.

Good luck!

You beat me to it! Yeah I was fixing to say check out that write up. I thought I remembered reading that somewhere when I searched for my headlight problems a few months ago.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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I know this may sound trivial...but did you make sure you turned your switch on? I know on mine I Have to actually turn the lights on to make my high beams work.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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Everthing else works fine no prblems with stereo or lights flickering even with a big amp powering my stereo..Fuses are good...And the headlight switch is turned on...
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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Hold on now it gets better...The radio, the dome lights inside, the clock and the high beams are on one fuse the one that is marked dome ...Now I'm guessing I have a short because the fuse blew yesterday didn't think that it was Connected all together which I don't think it should be ... But now I'm still stuck on how to get my highbeams working with out spending a fortune rewiring the truck :cry: ...
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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Pretty sure it is the headlight combo switch, I had the exact same problem:

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...eadlight_Combo
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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Have got the problem down to a wiring problem that blow the fuse and then the highbeams stop working...Tried a different combo switch didn't work either...Had brainstrom replace fuse in the dome fuse spot and then they worked...Now the fuse blew again and I'm gettin to my wits end seeing as my highbeams should not be on this circiut
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 12:58 PM
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Get a couple of these, that will take care of it:
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/donsmemories/item/12060
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