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80 series high beam not working

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80 series high beam not working

Post by pro093 »

not sure if its a easy fix or book it in some where to get fixed
the high beam doesn't work when pushed forward like normal
but works fine when you hold it back
has any one had this problem
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Post by midi73 »

Check your fuses, or the switch might be burnt out.
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Post by ShortyFortyTwo »

If they work when held back but not when pushed forward it is probably your combination switch. pull the colum cover off and check the plug, you can try shorting the plug terminals together to work out if it is the switch. Or you could check the switch at the plug.
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Post by Sic Lux »

I'd say 90 percent it's the switch/stalk
plenty of parts on the bench
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Post by midi73 »

So far 3 have agreed. I would suggest that you relay your lights up once you have fixed it. That way you dont have full power to your lights, going through your switch. The switch becomes a trigger for the relay, and should never burn out again, because full power is now going directly to the lights through your relay.

But you allready know that, no doubt.
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Post by ShortyFortyTwo »

I'm not committing to it being a switch, I was advising that you should correctly diagnose the problem and not guess at it and go changing parts unnessarily, which seems to be a fairly popular thing to do on this site.

Don't guess diagnose.
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Post by midi73 »

ShortyFortyTwo wrote:I'm not committing to it being a switch, I was advising that you should correctly diagnose the problem and not guess at it and go changing parts unnessarily, which seems to be a fairly popular thing to do on this site.

Don't guess diagnose.
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Post by dow50r »

This sites assistance to those who need it is legendary, but we dont have xray vision, so all the data collected should be fed into properly diagnosing the fault.
Its pretty common for 80's to go through high beam combos, aswell as other quirky things like alternator plugs and vmx-m oil.
A mate had his alt reconditioned with reconditioning paint 3 times before the 4th auto leccy fixed it for free...I HATE THAT YEAH...one trip to outers would have saved him $600
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Post by midi73 »

Funny thing is, I didnt see anyone commit to anything. They were all just suggestions. My point then was that three people felt that it was probably the switch. So the simple point in all this is, check that first, then go from there. I didnt see anyone say go out and replace the switch or any other part. As Andrew said, there are many variables. The feeling I got from his question, and peoples answers was where to start looking, not what to replace.
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