Headlight problem

[James R.]

on my 65, both of my low beams work but when I turn on the high beams, the left side works but on the right side nothing works (low beam also goes out). Any thouhts on what I should check next?

Jim

[Rich P.]

Re: Headlight problem

Jim,

both headlights might be bad. The low beam also has a high beam filiment and if its bad the low beam will not work on high. A quick chek is to swap both headlamps and test.

Rich

[James R.]

Re: Headlight problem

Jim,

both headlights might be bad. The low beam also has a high beam filiment and if its bad the low beam will not work on high. A quick chek is to swap both headlamps and test.

Rich

Rich,

I did swap out the headlights as my first test and the right side went out regardless of the headlamp.

Jim

[Rich P.]

Re: Headlight problem

Jim,

if it was the dimmer switch then both low beams should go out. I would check to see if I had power/good gounds at the terminals with a test light.

Rich

[Rich P.]

Re: Headlight problem

Jim,

I also wanted to mention that is is very common to have a lose connection at the H/L extension harness.

Rich

[Mark W.]

Re: Headlight problem

I had a similar problem with my '66 and found a broken wire. After 40+ years the old wiring gets brittle.