Lee Zook

Here is my problem,
My headlights come up/down normally, but low beams don't come on. High beams come on wonderfully (Ice Shark harnesses). In trying to figure this out I checked fuses - all good, all other lights/signals - all work fine and fog lights. Fog lights only come on when main switch is in the running light position. When switch is moved to headlight position the fog lights turn off. Is this normal or has some one rewired them to act a driving lights?
Any ideas are always appreciated.

triscadek

My fogs will come on with the parking lights and with the headlights but if I kick it up to the brights the fogs turn off.

As far as the low beams I don't know, what led up to this happening?

Lee Zook

The lights behaved this way when I bought the car.

IceShark

Lee, go out and buy cheap multimeter and we can walk through the circuit.

If it is not a fuse, I bet it is the switch.

IceShark

Lee, I think I only sold you the positive and negative battery cables which wouldn't help or hurt your problem. This is correct, right?

pete944

It sounds like you may have a bad headlight switch.

Bret 944

Lee, you didn't say which car this is for. My '84 had this same problem one time. I looked up underneath the dash on the driver's side underneath the steering wheel, and there is some sort of a plug under there. When I wiggled it, the lows would come on. It was tough and a small space to work with, but once I got it all the way plugged in, it worked fine. I wish I had a better description, maybe I can get a picture this afternoon, but I would check there first (especially if this is on the 924S, which is essentially the same interior and probably wiring as my '84)

Bret

gleamingred944

My 86 na works the same as triscadek

Bret 944

The fogs should go off with the high beams on, because that is U.S. law, high beams and fog lights can't be on at the same time.

Bret

Lee Zook

This is for the 86 turbo. Ice Shark, you are right in that you had only sold me the + and - kit. I picked up a Light kit from an 944S owner who got it from you. He found/bought a 911 and was planning on selling the 944S. He figured that the improved quality of lighting would be lost on future owner and did not want to hasel with installing the kit on a car which he was selling.

I will dig around under the dash and see if I find anything marginal. I already checked the fuses and they tested ok.
Thanks

IceShark

Lee, if the OEM lights behaved this way when you got the car, it has to be something up circuit.

Pull the light switch and test that. In the OEM configuration all the lighting current ran through it so a very weak spot for the arcing and heat to finally destroy the contacts.

Lee Zook

Iceshark,
I pulled the switch and took it apart. Cleaned the contacts and reassembled - nothing different. Got out the wiring diagram and started looking around. Did not see much wrong so I went around and pushed all the conectors into the fuse block - just to make sure they were fully inserted. Light work for now.
Thanks.

Luis de Prat

When this happened to my S2 with the Iceshark kit, it turned out the low beam relay was bad. Replaced it with a new relay and got the low beams back.

Zero10

I am almost afraid to say this, but I am not certain they are still having the issue 4 years later :P

Luis de Prat

I posted that for the archives sake, since there are quite a few of us with Iceshark kits and he's no longer around to help with these issues.

Now my other car is having this problem but it has the stock set up.