Headlight wiring??

[D366Y]

Like countless others I'm unsure this must be covered somewhere but essentially, my passenger headlight started working intermittently, if it stopped I had to take the headlight cover off and jiggle the wire until it worked again. The other day in halfords I saw a brand new multiplug so got one and have just tried to fit it, but to no avail? The lamp now doesn't come on at all, so I took it off again and soldered the wires straight to the back kg the headlamp but that also hasn't worked and nothing happens when I turn the lights on...

Any thoughts or help please???

[Andrew 2.8i]

Hi,
Maybe check/clean up the earth from the headlight? If that doesn't work, check the connections and fuse in the relay.

Andrew.

[D366Y]

Thanks for the quick response! Tried cleaning both the earth and the relay up but no dice...

What I don't understand is why the old plug only worked intermittently but a brand new one doesn't work at all? There is definitely power there as when trying to fiddle it together the wires touched by mistake and sparked but blew no fuses....

Danny

[Peter-S]

Have you tried a different bulb. Sometimes if a filament breaks down it will still make an occasional connection and still seem to work but if it's not working at all try a different bulb or test the existing one across the battery just so you can discount it as the problem.

[Matty28i]

Clean the contacts inside the headlight relay on the bulkhead. Had a similar problem years ago and that fixed the problem.

Matty

[Fordoholic Nick]

Hi Danny,

Just a thought and I may be completely misunderstanding your problem but have you tried replacing the rear headlight cover itself that the multiplug plugs into. Only reason I say this is I had a similar problem not that long ago. My headlight was very hit and miss to get it to work. If I wiggled the plug at the rear of the cover I could get it to work.

Now I am the first to admit I am not great with electrics (need to get myself an idiots guide) so John had a peek at it for me when he was over to help me with my horns, and he came to the conclusion that one of the connections/wires on the rear cover was faulty. So I contacted Martin at Capri Gear who posted me a replacement cover and the lights are working absolutely fine now with this fitted.

Now like I said I may have misunderstood your post....if so apologies fella and I hope you get it sorted

All the best

Nick

[D366Y]

Thanks for the posts guys! Was standing out in the rain on Saturday and in the sun on Sunday trying to get it sorted!

I tried a new bulb the other day and that didn't solve the issue....

I borrowed a multi-meter which originally said that from the back of the bowl where the multiplug connects to the wires the other side that there was no circuit so I came to the same conclusion about changing it, but then after some more jiggling and cleaning it up it registered a circuit through those wires consistently going to the bulb, which I then assumed meant that it must be a bad earth on the back of the headlight so cleaned that up too...

All to no avail!!

I think I still have a few spare headlight bowl/cover things knocking around under the bed somewhere so will have to try that again over the next few days..

Thanks for all the help/suggestions guys


Danny