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Headlight problem 75 series

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:52 pm
by GM
I too have a head light problem with a 1990 75 series tray . The lights work fine for a while then when you hit a fue bumps everythings turns off. I have pulled the light switch apart and used contact cleaner . it all seems ok. If it was a wire shorting it should blow a fuse, it doesnt. All is standard and no driving lights. Any clues?

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:00 pm
by 75 cruiser
I had the same problem.i chased it back to 1 of the wires coming off the bettery that powers the headlights.The other place to check is the wiring loom plug along the bottom of the steering colum

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:37 pm
by Dane
I had the same problem and it seemed to be in the stalk switch that switches the headlight relay on and off. I did a head light upgrade with heavy wires and fused relays for both high and low beam and it seems fine now. I am not happy that I really fixed the cause of the problem but all is working well so I'll take it for the moment.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:16 pm
by evil_hitman
i had a similar problem when i had the troopy, it turned out to be a dud relay.

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:37 pm
by Dane
Must have been a fluke because last night the problem resurfaced. My (1996) indicator stalk doesn't seem to come apart for contact cleaning, how did you do yours? A new stalk is $140 from Toyota - I'd rather not.

Yours may be the relay, mine is fine.