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Subject:Re: Brights
From:Sean Garrett
Date:Mon, 3 Apr 2017 14:10:19 -0700

Try wiggling the bright switch to see if there is a short in the circuit at the steering wheel column, this would eliminate the bright switch as a culprit 

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> On Apr 3, 2017, at 1:57 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> Probably burnt contacts on the headlight connector.  Could be burnt relay.
> 
> Yrs,
> d
> 
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hey guys
>> 
>> I'm experiencing something weird in our 87' westy. When I go to turn on my
>> brights, one of two things happens. One, the brights turn on as expected
>> and then cut out about a minute later. Two, brights do not turn on. There
>> does not appear to be any consistency or obvious signs why one would happen
>> over the other.
>> 
>> This is the first time seeing these symptoms after owning the van for a
>> year. The previous own did have the high powered headlight package from
>> GoWesty installed before we purchased it and we recently had a new aux
>> battery system installed.
>> 
>> Thoughts? Has anyone experienced this?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Jared
>>

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