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06-28-2005, 12:08 PM
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No bright lights
OK Guys, I know this must be simple,but in 100 degree heat and a hangover I just can't get it. Lights turn on. When I hit the bright switch 'I replaced' the lights turn off. Checked all fuses.Some punk broke into it last week and stole the radio ,since then it seems to have a few probs! thanks
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06-28-2005, 12:58 PM
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Check your dimmer switch. I know for at least a week or two before I took my truck off the road, when I hit the dimmer switch my lights would go from bright to none. Replaced the dimmer switch, problem solved......... Hope it's that easy for you........Jerry
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06-28-2005, 01:08 PM
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Check the connections at the dimmer switch (bright switch as you call it) for corroded connections.
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06-28-2005, 01:44 PM
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I miss this truck.
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Also trace the wiring back from the dimmer switch to the fuse block, seems to be a popular place for people to hack into the wriing, and not get it connected well afterwards.
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06-28-2005, 07:30 PM
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Check the ground wire that comes from the panel cluster. It clips onto the dash between the radio and steering wheel. I put a screw in mine because it wasn't grounding very well. If it isn't making a good connection it will cause a multitude of electrical problems...
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06-28-2005, 08:50 PM
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Where's my beer?
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Yeah to what they said, check tthe "bright" switch, I used to hava a truck that the if I pulled the switch once the parking lights would come on (supposed to) but when I pulld on it a second time the lights would come on briefly and go out, it turns out the switch was bad and had a lot of play, if I push the switch in juts a bit, then the lights would come on, I never changed that switch after I knew the right wiggle
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06-28-2005, 09:03 PM
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If all that stuff seems to check out, plug in a known good or new headlight bulb just to be sure it's not a pair of bad bulbs.
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06-29-2005, 12:12 PM
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thanks guys!
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06-29-2005, 01:29 PM
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Better late than never
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I just replaced both of mine because the brights were blown. Both at the same time. I was having alternator problems a while back and maybe that had something to do with it.
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