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Odd electric problem

pauljmcnulty

pauljmcnulty

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Hi all,

Used the car for a good run last night, the first time for a few weeks. The headlights keep turning off and on again. Quite scary, on fast, unlit roads....[&o]

At first I thought the same as I had on the old car. Putting the left indicator on causes the headlights to go off, flashing them turns them back on again, so I thought damp in the indicator assembly. Trouble is it didn't cure itself over 200 miles.

Also, the lights turned off completely randomly a few times, coming back up after a second or two.

Any ideas?
 
With them up and on, on both dip and main beam, try wiggling the wires behind the headlight - eventually they fail from being flexed with the headlights going up and down, and this is the kind of symptoms you get. Solution is to cut a new bit of wire into the loom... the problem I have had with it in the past is the copper wires corroded in the loom such that they don't like taking solder... any solutions to that welcomed!
 
Thinking about this problem further, I have a vague recollection of someone making a "local relay" conversion for the 944 to overcome low voltage at the headlights, are they still available, and would they replace the wiring which does seem to suffer fatigue?
 
Wiring as per previous posts, relay, stalk assembly and also disconnect the body earths, clean them and lubricate the and refit.
 
I thought wires to the lights with the Lux, but as soon as I mentioned the fact that it happened with the indicators on pointed the indie to the steering wheel unit. The fact it's only happening on left-indicators every time, but never right, seems to lead to that as well.

Which relay, Ed? Headlight or indicators.

It's the odd, random 2-second drop-outs that are more a concern. The same problem. or something different!

As anything with the instruction "disconnect and refit" means a trip to the garage, I guess it'll be clean the indicator assembhly as best I can, then it's trying a new indie so it night be a good test of their expertise!
 
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