

| Subject: | Re: No headlights |
| From: | mark drillock |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:57:27 -0800 |
The headlight ground has gone away. That lets both the high and low beam voltages feed back to the high beam indicator, lighting it in both cases. I like to ground the headlights at the lights themselves rather than relying on the long shared ground wire back to the dash ground cluster. Mark Jim Arnott wrote: > I’m at work, so no Bentley close at hand. > ‘84 with ‘85 Wolfsburg cluster. > > Symptoms: > > Headlight switch on, ignition on. > No headlights hi/low > Hi indicator is lit. > Instrument lights/side marker lights are lit. > Holding the hi/low switch back makes no difference. No lights. > > This started yesterday AM. Cycled headlight switch yesterday and it resolved itself. Headlights off and on half a dozen times through the day with no further problems. This morning? Nothing. > > Last work: install GoWesty instrument foil replacement kit. > > I’ve done no troubleshooting so far. (Other that cycle headlight, dimmer and ignition switches a few times.) > > Thoughts? > > TIA, > > Jim >
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