

| Subject: | Head lamp mystery (real questions this time) |
| From: | Chad Lyles |
| Date: | Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:26:21 -0800 |
Hello all, well for fear of looking dumb...again...i need help figuring out whats wrong with my head lights. Symptoms: passenger side head lamp does not work. keeps going out...typically has been going out a week before the ignition switch goes out. (just put in 2nd ignition in 2.5 months) What i've done: i switched the working (Left) headlamp with the non working one (right) to see if it was just a burned out head lamp...the right lamp worked on the left side. and the left one did *not* work on the right side. which obviously means its NOT the headlamp. i also busted out my 8 dollar multimeter (which i dont know how to read or use really) but what i did see was that when i connected + to the right head lamp plug (if you are facing the front of the van i put the + in the right terminal of the plug) and then put the neg post into the opposite terminal (left one) ...and i got a reading in the green area of just under the "1" mark (to the far right)...and then i put the neg post in the top (or middle terminal) and it went backwards on the meter...below negative... i dont know what this tells me...but shouldnt that mean there is obviously flow? so why isnt the head lamp working... mind you i have no idea what i am doing so be gentle on my novice-ness. also ..this is isolated to JUST the passenger head lamp...none of my other lights or doing this... including marker lights and tail lights. thanks, i hope this all make sense. -- Chad~ 84gl "Hop-a-long"
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