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 Post subject: Diagnosed the problem: No parkers
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:49 pm 
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Ok i replaced the globe, now this is really weird to me...
When i put the lights on parkers, there are no lights... the light doesnt show at all... So there must be something wrong with the relay or something
can anyone point me in the right direction as i am almost certain this is the problem.

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i just noticed this the other day... on my ef xr6, when i have the driving lights on, it seems to me that the rhs driving light is much brighter than the lhs..

it almost looks like the rhs is on 'high beam'. anyone point me in the right direction?

can it be linked to my lhs brake light not working? (has anyone got diagrams on how to remove the taillights to replace globe? thanks)

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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:15 pm 
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Are the same globes in each side?
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:23 pm 
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:37 pm 
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Dodgy or corroded electrical connections?
Why not just replace the taillight globe and then see if that is related? I don't see the globe being hard to do, you prolly just open the boot remove and plastic pannel, remove the globe holder and remove globe from that.
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 Post subject: Re: XR headlight problem
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 8:08 pm 
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theblackone wrote:
i just noticed this the other day... on my ef xr6, when i have the driving lights on, it seems to me that the rhs driving light is much brighter than the lhs..

it almost looks like the rhs is on 'high beam'. anyone point me in the right direction?

can it be linked to my lhs brake light not working? (has anyone got diagrams on how to remove the taillights to replace globe? thanks)

cheers guys


Check the aligment on the headlight assemblies. The rhs might be aimed too high which will look like high beam.

 

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 Post subject: Re: XR headlight problem
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:16 pm 
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theblackone wrote:
i just noticed this the other day... on my ef xr6, when i have the driving lights on, it seems to me that the rhs driving light is much brighter than the lhs..

it almost looks like the rhs is on 'high beam'. anyone point me in the right direction?

can it be linked to my lhs brake light not working? (has anyone got diagrams on how to remove the taillights to replace globe? thanks)

cheers guys


Check the aligment on the headlight assemblies. The rhs might be aimed too high which will look like high beam.


thats what i thought.. but basically when i press high beam... the light doesnt change brightness... the other side does though.. and when u let go.. it stays the same on the right, and the left changes back to original.

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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:40 pm 
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there only single filament globes (h1 in outter and H3 in inner) in each housing so it should not change when you go from high beam to low beam. When your on low beam the outside housings should be illuminated, when you turn on high beam, the outside housings should remain illuminated as they were before, the only difference being that the inner housings are now also illuminated.
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:59 am 
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correct!

 

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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:12 pm 
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ok.. driving home today... the left side is out completely! so i might have to change the globe
ill let u know how it al lgoes

 

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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:19 pm 
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*update...
changed the globe, and both work.. however i have no lights when i put the parkers on (middle setting on switch), but the driving lights work so thats all i care about..

any idea why my parkers arent on? ive checked relays but not much luck there

 

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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:02 pm 
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*** I have exactly the same problem. replaced new globes last night. and now the parkers dont work???
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:05 pm 
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check you fuesh under the bonnet my car would put my normal driving lights on then when i put my highs on alll lights dissapeared its most of a time a relay

 

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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:41 pm 
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Check that you haven't accidently knocked the plug off the parkers when replacing the headlight globes.

 

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