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Old 01-10-2006, 03:46 PM
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Hello guys
One of my driving/fog lights,
( under the indicator in front spoiler) is not working.

Had bulb out, and tested it directly across battery, its fine.

The platic connetion plug beside battery, had separated sometime,
but unfortunately it wasen't that simple to fix.

do you know where else I might try and rectify fault





And
where will the rear blower motor power feed wire exit the rear bulhead on its way to the motor



PS,
whats the trick with lens surround on driving light and lining up the
long-thinnnnnnnnnnnn, screws?
Old 01-10-2006, 08:40 PM
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check the metal prongs for corrosion & for being bent too far in
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Check the ground wire
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Originally Posted by randywebb
check the metal prongs for corrosion & for being bent too far in
I agree, if you know how to use a voltmeter, see if you have voltage on the metal prongs in the socket, if so the socket is dirty or bad or the bulb is playing games with you. if you have no voltage in the socket try the wires that connect to the socket. DO NOT STRIP THE WIRE, get 2 needles and poke them through the plastic case of the wire. just keep following it back to till you find power. When you are done poking holes in the wires tracking the power rub the wires down with some silicone to seal the holes back up to keep the water and gook out.
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and many of the test lights sold have little needle points built in - they will light up when you hit power - check any auto parts store
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I know the bulb is fine and not playing up,
so at that end, just need to replace it around light unit and re-fix it back in mounting on car (bit fiddly)

The coneectors by the battery are slightly corroded as near battery, but theres no power in them at all, so will trace wires back untill there is
Now
as one light works still, are they fused separately too, a quick look at the fuse legend on box cover, mentioned some lights, although their meaning in English might be misconstrued, are the fuses alongside one another numerically in the fuse panel?



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