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Title: Head lights dont work
Post by: BULLDOG on March 10, 2011, 02:10:20 pm

The headlights dont work on my 83.
Where is the headlight relay and is there anything else I should look at to make the headlights work?
The head light harness looks pretty good no splices and the wiring doesnt look dry rotted .

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: Lt.Del on March 10, 2011, 02:47:51 pm

it could be the switch itself.  To remove it, there is a button you have to depress by reaching up under your dash on the side of the switch--push the button in and the knob stem comes out from the front.  Then remove the switch and replace, or just remove and test by jumping the terminals with a stripped wire.  Unless your '83 has the steering column light switch, i don't know when they switched (pardon the pun) over to the steering column light switch.

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: BULLDOG on March 10, 2011, 06:50:02 pm

It has the pull out style on the dash switch.
If it is not the switch where is the headlight relay?

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: Blazin on March 10, 2011, 07:45:10 pm

Could be the high / low beam switch. Have you powered up the bulbs?

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: BULLDOG on March 10, 2011, 08:58:13 pm

I got the headlights to work my clean up of the alt and starter wiring most of fixed the headlights.

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: topp on March 10, 2011, 10:24:53 pm

Just to let you know, there is no Relay in the Stock Headlight system.

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: BULLDOG on March 11, 2011, 07:28:14 am

No relay,so that explans why I couldnt find one then

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: topp on March 11, 2011, 07:40:14 am

There is a few people, myself included, that added relays to give full voltage to the headlights.

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: BULLDOG on March 11, 2011, 08:15:51 am

Did you all use one of the relay headlight kits that the venders sale?

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: beastie_3 on March 14, 2011, 02:52:58 pm

yes. I made a post about it.

Title: Re: Head lights dont work
Post by: topp on March 14, 2011, 09:01:25 pm

I made my own, and used 3 relays, to allow Low, High and Low and High to be on....