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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: wickedweed on 25 January 2006, 11:24
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Hi v dubbers
im in need of some help and hopefully some one here can assist.its a mk1 1.6 gti with a single grill.
Im haveing trouble with my headlights basicaly what happens is my side lights come on ok and my main driveing beam comes on ok,but as soon as i put my full beams on the passenger light goes back to side light with only the drivers side on full beam.ive had to change the wireing loom on the head lights cuz the old one was cut and joined in so many places and i thought this was the problem but its exactly as it was before i started
ive checked the main headlight switch and the storks and fuses and every thing seems fine so im confused can any one help............. :cry:
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you've checked everything but the bulb ? :laugh:
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I have checked the bulbs and the earths under the dash ,,,its doing my head in :angry:
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they are dual filament bulbs mate, just cos one works, doesn't mean the other does. Down halfords, get two 472 Super Brilliance bulbs ( 2 for 1 ) should be about £12.99
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ok il try some new ones and see ....ta
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okay then ,just swapped the bulbs over from a mk1 1.3 cab and its doing exactly the same thing cant understand it ... :angry:
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see what colour the blocks are connectiing to the bulbs, mine has a black block and a white block, the white block is meant for when it is only single lights, and no spots, so keeps the dipped beam on when main beam is activated. Black one cancels the dipped when main is activated. Might just have a different block on each bulb.
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cheers slick the loom is from a single grill and has white blocks on both lights so ???????????????
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might be worth checking a different loom mate, see if you can nab one from a mk2 as they had both blocks wired onto the loom. Could just be the block that is causing the problem.
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so would a mk2 fit
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or will it take some cutting and joining :undecided:
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Its probably either the switch on the steering column to put the full beams on (most likely) or the main light switch on the dash. :nerd:
I've had this problem a few times over the years and its always come back to one of these, you can take the steering column one off and give the copper terminals a good clean and check them for damage but if its the main switch you'll need a replacement - they're not too much, about £15-£20 :smug:
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yeah thats what i was thinking but i have changed them over from another mk1 which i no works and its still the same..........? :undecided:
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oh bugger :huh: what about the relay?
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and that still the same,
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Have you got a bulb/circuit/voltage tester?
heres a highly technical drawing of the terminal, check your getting power from all the terminals, i cant remember which way round they are but the two +'s are for the main & dipped beams with the other being a common ground - all you can really do now is start there and work back til you find it and hope you dont end up at the fusebox, car electrics are a real pain in the rr's
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/MK1MADJ/terminal.jpg)
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yeah i think your right il give it a go cheers m8 :smiley: