Lights and crap

[Jassifrass]

it's also not the turn signal switch i just put in. I dont think it's my stereo causing it either. the lights are just as crappy when the car is off and the stereo is not using any power.... :(

[hang_510]

i'm still learning all this stuff. im also a visual learner....

 

looks like it's just loosly twisted together there. no soder or tape or anything...

visual :blink: your pix are blocked here <_<

 

do the sockets have 1 or 2 wires? or is 1 wire off the housing (the ground)?

 

 

those loose wiring twists are the likely source of the problem. :angry:

electrons are fast, but lazy and always take the path of least resistance...

 

can you cut, strip and use 'butt splice' crimp connectors? done right, theyre almost as good as soldering. [soder? is that e. coast for 'soda'?]

some good reading for wiring repair: http://www.tech-cor.net/AutoResBulletin/1995-4/1995-4.htm

[Jassifrass]

 

[soder? is that e. coast for 'soda'?]

 

 

 

oh come on i just forgot the L <_<

and you did know what i meant so there :P

 

wouldnt solder be better? I have a soldering gun around here somewhere....

[Jassifrass]

it didnt help though....it started pouring on me so i may have been a bit rushed. I'll try again when im off work but i dont know if thats the problem....

 

The lights are coming on and everything, they're getting power. Just one side i way way dimmer than the other. The turn signal right under it is fine. Nice and bright and blinks and everything....so very frustrating. :(

[hang_510]

I'll try again when im off work but i dont know if thats the problem....

work is always a problem when trying to finish something important like electrical gremlins

 

I have a soldering gun around here somewhere....

:D yes.

also look into shrink tubing ;)

[banzai510(hainz)]

On my 521 the passenger side H4 light will be dim. Find out the connector arched is is burnt. Carbon will forn on contack sometimes giving a weak connection. ck clean connections.

[skunk]

I fixed it, i just moved the fues around a bit and found a sweet spot and it worked. Kinda odd, you just tap the fuse a little to the right or left and the lights stop working.

[Jassifrass]

I fixed it, i just moved the fues around a bit and found a sweet spot and it worked. Kinda odd, you just tap the fuse a little to the right or left and the lights stop working.

 

<_<

 

yea so about that...seems easy enough but it's kind of hard to do that alone...like move it just right and see them coming on, then off, then on.... I did check the fuses...i swear...

[skunk]

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