72mk1escort Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 Hi chaps Took the mk1 out for a drive last night was going down a nice dark country road and i lost all my dipped headlights my sidelights still work and flash works but no dipped head and therefore no main beam either. ive check the switch and the switch is ok i have got power at the switch end but not at the end where it enters the fuse box if i bridge the connection to a live one of the fuse panel the dipped head lights come on so it must be a problem between the headlamp switch and fuse panel. Im pretty sure all cars have a relay for the dipped headlights/main beam just wondered if anyone can point me in the right direction before i start pulling the car apart lol I did try to read the wiring diagram in the haynes manual but i got a head ache after about 5 mins any help would be much appreciated.
Savvi Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 It will probably be the fuse or fuse holder, mine does the same if you rotate the ceramic fuse they come on. Once i get it on the road (or before) im going to remove the fuse box and clean it all up, mines been parked for nearly 3 years now
72mk1escort Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Posted April 9, 2012 It will probably be the fuse or fuse holder, mine does the same if you rotate the ceramic fuse they come on. Once i get it on the road (or before) im going to remove the fuse box and clean it all up, mines been parked for nearly 3 years now Ive checked that mate cleaned all connections and put new fuses in whole fuse panel, still not joy there seems to be no power at the end of the loom which connects to the fuse panel but the switch is sending power down thats what makes me think there is a relay somewhere under the dash or something
Savvi Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 Try the bulkhead plug then, or the connections on the back of the fusebox inside the car.
72mk1escort Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Posted April 9, 2012 Try the bulkhead plug then, or the connections on the back of the fusebox inside the car. ive tried the plugs on the back of the fuse box is there a plug on the gromet part that goes through the bulkhead then?
Savvi Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 The loom through the bulkhead is a plug in 2 parts on a mk1
72mk1escort Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Posted April 9, 2012 just been out and tried that mate no joy run a bit of wire from the back of the switch plug to the fuse back of the correct connection on the back of the fuse panel and got all the lights back dipped and main beam and so i guess i will jus run a new live feed and loom tape it up neatly tomorrow,unless of course there is a relay hidden away somewhere that i cannot find, thanks for all your help
Savvi Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 There's no relays mate, i've altered and converted loads of mk1 looms. I would guess at the dip switch bening faulty, it's ok you running a wire but i dont think you will be able to switch high / low if you do that ?
w p e Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 its proberly the indicator/high beam/flash storke stork. had that a few times
herb capri Posted April 9, 2012 Report Posted April 9, 2012 me too ,managed to clean it up a bit but eventually found another one. i suppose its the original one it was fitted with! mike
72mk1escort Posted April 10, 2012 Author Report Posted April 10, 2012 There's no relays mate, i've altered and converted loads of mk1 looms. I would guess at the dip switch bening faulty, it's ok you running a wire but i dont think you will be able to switch high / low if you do that ? ah ok thats why i could not find a relay i was looking everywhere. I got my brother to do the lights with a temporary live wire in place and it gave me everything back working again sidelights,dipped and main beam and my flashers So gonna jus neatly run a new live today and loom tape it all up, i was gonna use some fairly heavy wire for it similar to what was originally used.
72mk1escort Posted April 10, 2012 Author Report Posted April 10, 2012 its proberly the indicator/high beam/flash storke stork.had that a few times W*ayne after loads of mesing about with test wires and trying different things It turnt out to be that stalk, it was a bad contact i drilled out the copper rivet cleaned it all up and re assembled with a little Philips screw job done cheers mate
Savvi Posted April 10, 2012 Report Posted April 10, 2012 There's no relays mate, i've altered and converted loads of mk1 looms. I would guess at the dip switch bening faulty, it's ok you running a wire but i dont think you will be able to switch high / low if you do that ? Dont like to say it, but i did list that as well
72mk1escort Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Posted April 11, 2012 There's no relays mate, i've altered and converted loads of mk1 looms. I would guess at the dip switch bening faulty, it's ok you running a wire but i dont think you will be able to switch high / low if you do that ? Dont like to say it, but i did list that as well i know mate thanks for that, i was about to throw a screwdriver accross the driveway and me dad came out and found the problem in about 10 mins i guess i wont make an auto electrician Once i knew the fault was the stalk it was an easy fix drilled out one of the copper rivets cleaned it all up and put it back together with a small phillips screw job done took the old girl out for a spin last night and kept up with a 2.0 tdi audi a3 and then a 2.0 tdci mondeo well pleased with that not bad for a 1600 xflow only running a twin choke weber and bcf2 cam thanks for all the advice chaps
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