82 Brat "Beam" Light (Fixed, see last post)

[Flowmastered87GL]

Well I fixed 1 problem on the green lifted brat and other popped up.

 

When I turned on the headlights to drive it around the block the high-beam light came on. The switch was on low. I turned on the high beams and them seemed to work ok.

 

Well drove it around the block anyway because nothing was smoking

 

Got it back in the garage and found afew interesting things:

 

#1 Some duct tape on one of the headlight wires. (I stripped it off and used the proper electical tape to re-insulate it)

#2 One of the headlights fuses was VERY HOT and was kind of bent. I replaced it to be safe.

#3 The beam light ONLY DOES NOT come on (on low beam) when I pull the fuse to the right (passenger) headlight.

#4 I have 2 brats. On this brat when I turn on the lights I hear a click under the hood (good thats what the good brat does) and ALSO a click in the glovebox (bad as the good brat only does that when I hit the high beams)

#5 It used to work just fine, though I havnt driven it at night for almost a year.

#6 On the good brat I can see a distinctive CHANGE in which beams are being used when I go from low to high. A little square on the wall moves from low to high. On the malfunctioning brat it seems that one beam is on low, and a second one kicks on ALSO on high.

 

At this point because of the clicking in the dash when it shouldnt be (according to the other brat) that either the headlight switch is bad, the bright/turn signal switch is bad, or the high-beam relay under the glovebox is bad. I am guessing either the turn signal switch or the relay.

 

Other thoughts? Experiences?

 

This is an 82 brat with the single big square headlight on each side, NOT the quad lights.

[aba4430]

"..On the malfunctioning brat it seems that one beam is on low, and a second one kicks on ALSO on high..."

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Could it be the second lamp? aba4430

[Flowmastered87GL]

You mean maybe replace the headlamp unit?

 

I am considering that as when I pulled one of the fuses I remember I could get the drivers light to BARELY glow.

 

Another thing to note. I just replaced the rubber steering shaft coupler and had to drop the column to do so. So I will crawl under there and check wires for chafing and connection strength.

[Flowmastered87GL]

Any more ideas?

 

I know we have some electrical engineers and rocket scientists on here.

 

Dont let a Finance degree person figure it out

[Flowmastered87GL]

Well I figured it out. I poked around the dash, everything was good under there.

 

I took apart the drivers side headlight mount and found it was not bolted in properly. I bolted it in properly. Took out the headlight and shook it, it rattled, something in there was bad.

 

So, I got a new GE headlamp unit.

 

Intalled it, crossed my fingers, prayed.....

 

Fixed the problem

 

So the culpret was a combination of a bad bulb and a missing nut on the mounting frame.