by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 05/28/2017 at 19:43
by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 05/28/2017 at 19:43
Tags: Vibe
STARS: 3
But really, it was a humbling defeat in a game of cat and mouse. My headlights now work, but I will never really know why.
I have googled this problem to death. I have thrown parts it, followed every wire. So I began second guessing everything I did.
One of the relays I originally had some corrosion on on tang, so I replaced both the dimmer and headlight relays with spares from a Matrix fusebox. The part number is different in spite of being the same fuse in the same location for the nearly identical model, both Toyota parts as well. I tested the new relays. The relays themselves and the switch were working, but still no headlights!
So like I said, back to the drawing board. I find a spare bulb that came with the car. I plug it in. This time... light?!?!? Didn’t work when I first tested it two weeks ago, but now does! Move the bulb to the other side.. it works! Upon inspection, the bulbs in there had some little broken bits... But those weren’t there when I removed them last week?!?!?
So what happened? The relay and or module DID actually fail two weeks ago, and then when I replaced them, I blew both bulbs at the same time????
Madness.
"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
05/28/2017 at 19:49, STARS: 0
Glad you got it figured out
"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
05/28/2017 at 19:49, STARS: 1
shit, sorry. i’ll be right over to fuck it up again
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
05/28/2017 at 19:59, STARS: 7
You just had to wait a while for all the wires to fill up with fresh electricity.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
05/28/2017 at 20:13, STARS: 0
This is just like that one time when I didn’t top off mah blinker fluid
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
05/28/2017 at 20:13, STARS: 4
I DIDN’T
"Brickman" (legomaniacman)
05/28/2017 at 21:20, STARS: 1
Nothing like a fresh glass of electrons :)
"I have another burner, try to guess it!" (ihaveanotherburner)
05/28/2017 at 21:22, STARS: 0
As the car gets older you just have to try new things to get the electrons excited 8)
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
05/28/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THAT JETTA
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
05/29/2017 at 04:25, STARS: 1
Even when it’s a glass half full it’s still negative!
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
05/29/2017 at 05:50, STARS: 0
magic.
"torque" (torque01)
05/29/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 0
Yeahhhh it’s working! :)
Booo you don’t know why :(
Reminds me, one time my father & I were driving in his 74' MG B GT at night. All of a sudden ALL of the lights turned off (exterior & interior).
He turned the headlight switch off, waited a few seconds & turned it back on and all the lights came back on.
We both looked at each other with puzzled faces like WTF and then laughed. Only electric issue we ever had with it too!
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
05/29/2017 at 17:42, STARS: 1
so was it the bad relay? or corrosion on the tang? once had that happen to me, went nuts trying to find the cause of my fuel pump problems
"facw" (facw)
05/29/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 0
Based on my experience with my mother’s MGB, it probably didn’t make much difference if the lights were on or not anyway.