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No headlights: seeking troubleshooting sequence

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Thu Jul 19 19:12 CST 2012
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Easiest steps 1 &2 - Check for voltage at the bulb connector and put your supposedly good lights directly across 12 volts at the battery to check them,

In out '88 745 GLE I found that I had 12 volts at the connector for the bulb, but no lights!

Eventually, I found that the wires had turned into black gunk inside the insulation about 6 inches from the bulb connector. There was one copper strand left.

I had to go to the pick and pull and replace the wires to my right headlight from the firewall to the headlight.

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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '12 XC70, the first three are mine, heh, heh, 525,000 miles put on 10 bricks






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