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 Low beam headlight problem

 Created by: hooligan773
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Sep 24, 2018 03:04PM malsal  
Sep 24, 2018 12:00PM hooligan773 Edited: Sep 24, 2018 12:05PM 
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 Posted: Sep 24, 2018 03:04PM
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1992 spi mini... over the weekend wanted to install some led under dash inside. Was going to hook up to headlight switch by accident both plus and ground were touched. Some sparks came out. Low beam and dash light don't work now. Got new headlight switch still same problem. All fuses and relays checked all good. If I run a positive from battery to minus in socket dash lights turn on, and plus from battery to 0.0 in socket headlights turn on. The plus in socket sometimes shows low volts like 6.3 or so. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this????
Bad ground. Also check the fuses behind the air filter and if they are falling apart just replace them with blade fuses.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

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 Posted: Sep 24, 2018 12:00PM
 Edited:  Sep 24, 2018 12:05PM
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1992 spi mini... over the weekend wanted to install some led under dash inside. Was going to hook up to headlight switch by accident both plus and ground were touched. Some sparks came out. Low beam and dash light don't work now. Got new headlight switch still same problem. All fuses and relays checked all good. If I run a positive from battery to minus in socket dash lights turn on, and plus from battery to 0.0 in socket headlights turn on. The plus in socket sometimes shows low volts like 6.3 or so. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this????