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Subject:Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago ...
From:TC
Date:Mon, 28 May 2007 12:02:13 -0700

Mark or others

> Oh boy, where to start. From your photos it looks like you wired it
> wrong. The yellow/black you should have unplugged from fuse 4 was the
> LARGER one on the other end of fuse 4. It looks like what you did was
> put the relays after the fuses instead of ahead of them in the circuit.
> That would move the lights on one side of the vehicle only. The large
> yellow/black connects to one side of fuse 4 AND branches over to fuse 3,
> powering BOTH fuses and why the wire is larger. The relay power out
> connection belongs on that side so it would feed both of these fuses for
> left and right headlights. It looks like you only moved one side of the
> lights to the relays, the other side is still stock. The smaller
> yellow/black was only for one headlight and the small yellow on fuse 3
> was for the other side's matching bulb.
>
> What is worse, if my take is right the lights you moved have now
> bypassed their fuses so there is no fuse protection for that side at all!
I just want to confirm that I now this low beam relay set up like is specd
out
http://members.shaw.ca/trclark/headlightrelay/LowBeamRelay.JPG
Center Relay 87 12G  goes to rear position fuse 4 where larger yellow
w/black stripe was
Left Relay 85 14G goes to ground on start connector
Right Relay 86 14G loops over to 12G yellow w/black stripe that was on rear
position fuse 4
Rear Relay 30 12G goes to front postion fuse 7 with Y-terminal adapter

because I now get NO low beams either side which means either i am still not
on the same page
as your directions or its now wired correct for this relay but I got some
other issues