Headlight Relay
12-29-2010, 02:38 PM
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Car: LOWERED ♦ CRIMSON METALFLAKE
Engine: ► 400 KUBES ◄
Transmission: 765R4
Axle/Gears: EATON POSI 4.56
Relay Race
You only have a headlight relay if you’re stuck with the daytime “running” lights circuit, most of those cars are in Canada.
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12-29-2010, 02:56 PM
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Car: LOWERED ♦ CRIMSON METALFLAKE
Engine: ► 400 KUBES ◄
Transmission: 765R4
Axle/Gears: EATON POSI 4.56
Relay Race
If the flicker is more like a steady on and off blink that means the circuit breaker which is located in the light switch is overloaded or defective.
If it really is a flicker like a loose wire you can wiggle wires in that area till you find the bad one.
You can determine if it’s overloaded by connecting an ammeter in line with the 12 AWG red wire going to it.
With the brights on, if you see more than 20 amps, something is tied or shorted to the circuit which isn’t supposed to be.
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If it really is a flicker like a loose wire you can wiggle wires in that area till you find the bad one.
You can determine if it’s overloaded by connecting an ammeter in line with the 12 AWG red wire going to it.
With the brights on, if you see more than 20 amps, something is tied or shorted to the circuit which isn’t supposed to be.
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12-29-2010, 07:15 PM
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Car: 1992 RS / 1989 RS
Engine: 3.1L MFI / Vortec 383 TBI
Transmission: T5 / LS-T56
Axle/Gears: 3.42 open / 3.73 Eaton posi
Re: Headlight Relay
That H4 upgrade may well be the cause of your "flicker". Your headlight switch can't handle the extra current draw of the brighter lights and its breaker trips until it cools down enough to complete the circuit once again.
There's a nice topic in the tech articles on the home page for upgrading your headlights. It includes how to add relays to your harness which will keep what you're experiencing from happening.
Go here..
https://www.thirdgen.org/headlightupgrade
There, you'll find how to build this upgrade to your headlight wiring harness...
There's a nice topic in the tech articles on the home page for upgrading your headlights. It includes how to add relays to your harness which will keep what you're experiencing from happening.
Go here..
https://www.thirdgen.org/headlightupgrade
There, you'll find how to build this upgrade to your headlight wiring harness...
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Re: Headlight Relay
i have a1989 Pontiac Firebird GTA and the driver side motor does not seem to be getting any power to it. I plug it into the passenger side and it spun around, but I
plugged it back into the driver side it di nothing and made no noise like no power was getting to it
plugged it back into the driver side it di nothing and made no noise like no power was getting to it
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Car: LOWERED ♦ CRIMSON METALFLAKE
Engine: ► 400 KUBES ◄
Transmission: 765R4
Axle/Gears: EATON POSI 4.56
Need More Dooor
The left and right headlight are doors are controlled by different parts of the module.
Either the module is defective or there is a break/bad connection in the wiring from pins 2C & 2D of the module to the left motor.
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Either the module is defective or there is a break/bad connection in the wiring from pins 2C & 2D of the module to the left motor.
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