Hello i was working on my 84 Z and i finally got my dimmer switch to work and was testing everything out and i noticed that the inner headlights werent turning on and idk wat they are used for, cause i know in 84 they didnt have foglights.

 

Inner = high beams
outer = low beams

Highs or lows will be on, but not both at the same time.

JamesC

 

well when i turn on the high beams the outer lights just flicker up and the low beams stay on the outside and flicker down. Idk if its something in the wiring or wat.

 

If they just flicker you might have a bad dimmer switch, or loose wiring going to it.

Use a voltmeter at the output of the switch to find out which one it is.

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well i mean they dont flicker they stay on its just the inside headlights dont come on at all

 

Perhaps the dimmer switch (at the bottom of the column) isn't adjusted correctly.

JamesC

 

Popo, in reply to your PM, check the following:

Headlights
Circuit Operation:

Voltage is applied to the light switch at all times. The light switch includes a self-resetting circuit breaker which opens and closes if the headlight circuit draws too much current. When the light switch is in "Head," the headlight dimmer switch directs current to either the lo beams or the hi beams. Current to the hi beams also flows to the high beam indicator.

Troubleshooting Hints:

If only one headlight doesn't work in both "hi" and "lo", check the ground wiring.

If headlights don't work in just "hi" or just "lo", check headlight dimmer switch.

If headlights flash on and off with switch in "head," isolate short to ground. Operate the headlight dimmer switch to find if the short to ground is in tan or lt grn wires.

If only the "hi'" headlights flash on and off, check lt grn wires for shorts to ground.

If only the "lo" headlights flash on and off, check tan wires for shorts to ground.

If both "hi" and "lo" headlights flash on and off, check the yel wire for a short to ground.

JamesC

 

Thanks James lol. When i get home i will take a video of me clicking the dimmer switch and see if u can see it better. Oh Ya can u upload videos on here??? To a thread

 

Since the high beam indicator changes, power seems to be running through it as it should. The highs, however, don't turn on. Is that correct?

JamesC

 

yes that is correct lol

 

And you've replaced and adjusted the dimmer switch at the bottom of the steering column?

JamesC

 

i adjusted it i didnt buy a new one yet

 

When you pull the stalk to hi, do the lo's turn off completely?

JamesC

 

idk It didnt use to work but when i finally got to it and loosened it up i just pulled the lever back to see if it worked and i heard a pop and it just moved back thats when it started to work but thats when i seen the inner lights werent working.

 

When my dimmer switch went bad, if the lo's were on and I switched to high's, nothing at all worked. Blackness. (I found that out in pre-dawn darkness. Scared the bejeeus out of me.)

JamesC

 

HAHA lol so is it a bad dimmer