hello,
i've made a couple posts regarding my headlights not working correctly on my '93 lx, the low beams used to work occasionally and the high beams would work all the time, then the low beams stopped altogether, now the high beams stopped altogether, and all that works right now is the 'flash' (pull the MFS toward you) function.
i just replaced the headlight switch, didn't help, i swapped the MFS from my junked '90 SC to test, seemed to work ?better? (lights would come on more frequently when i flicked the MFS lever back and forth a couple times, but still wasn't working properly). when i first dissected the steering column, one of the plugs that goes into the MFS looked like it had been melting or something, so i (bad idea) did a little surgery with the wiring and transplanted that plug from the '90 SC into the LX, still no dice, and the transplanted plug looks like it has started to do the same thing, one night when i was stuck at work with no headlights and i was flipping the MFS lever it actually started to smoke..
i don't know anything about the electrical aspects of cars, other than this is bad. if it's not the MFS or the headlight switch, what is it? an electrical short? i read a posting that mentioned something about an upgraded wiring harness (competition lighting) - should i check into that? how difficult is that to install; being as how i'm not that electrical-savvy?
i appreciate any help...
-chris
i've made a couple posts regarding my headlights not working correctly on my '93 lx, the low beams used to work occasionally and the high beams would work all the time, then the low beams stopped altogether, now the high beams stopped altogether, and all that works right now is the 'flash' (pull the MFS toward you) function.
i just replaced the headlight switch, didn't help, i swapped the MFS from my junked '90 SC to test, seemed to work ?better? (lights would come on more frequently when i flicked the MFS lever back and forth a couple times, but still wasn't working properly). when i first dissected the steering column, one of the plugs that goes into the MFS looked like it had been melting or something, so i (bad idea) did a little surgery with the wiring and transplanted that plug from the '90 SC into the LX, still no dice, and the transplanted plug looks like it has started to do the same thing, one night when i was stuck at work with no headlights and i was flipping the MFS lever it actually started to smoke..
i don't know anything about the electrical aspects of cars, other than this is bad. if it's not the MFS or the headlight switch, what is it? an electrical short? i read a posting that mentioned something about an upgraded wiring harness (competition lighting) - should i check into that? how difficult is that to install; being as how i'm not that electrical-savvy?
i appreciate any help...
-chris