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headlight dramas

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:58 pm
by waandy
ok so iv done my diesel conversion no problems, but the other day my headlights stopped working for a min, kept driving and they came back on, then they went out for good, also the battery light is on but very dim, fuses are fine, is there a headlight control box? Also was tb42 to td42 with butchered tb loom

Re: headlight dramas

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:04 pm
by blackmav
Bad earth.

Re: headlight dramas

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:11 pm
by waandy
can run power strait to back of stalk plug and they work, have also tried other stalks

Re: headlight dramas

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:30 pm
by macneil
re run the head light loom from the stalke to 2 relays 1 for hi 1 for low... also check your alternator charge if the lights coming on.. who knows what youve done to what cables it could be the relay itself..

Re: headlight dramas

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:36 pm
by waandy
thing is it worked perfectly fine for months then started playing up

Re: headlight dramas

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:30 pm
by nabstud
Alternator is kaput

Re: headlight dramas

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:34 pm
by macneil
yeah true my head lights were run direct off the alt