Headligts 70 Cuda

[DirksCuda]

Ok so the other day iwas going to take the cuda out for its first run. Before I left I did a check of everything, lights,heat gauge. well my headlights did woek but now they don't. I got know headlights or side marker lights. I pulled the dimmer switch and what I found was I have power coming in from the light switch but also power on each side of the plug. I think it should only on one side or the other depending on which its on high or low beam. I checked the grounds cleaned all them still nothing. I got power at the box on the frewall. So then I unplugged the marker light on the left side an tested with test light I got just a faint light. It seem to be a ground but I don't know where to go from here. Like I said everthing was working fine before. The signal ,parking they still wok just headlights and markers Any ideas what it could be Thanks

[70chall440]

If everything was working before and now it doesn't, it leaves you with 2 options

1. everything burned out - you tested at least one of them and it lite up so that isn't the case

2. a connection/s lost connectivity - you need to trace everything and examine the connections, however my first top would be the connection at the bulkhead inside the engine compartment (should be a block of 4 wires on one corner of the bulk head).

Do you have a power probe? If not, I highly recommend getting one, it will make testing many times easier than without.

[DirksCuda]

I went back out an checked it at the bulkhead There is a pink and red wire that come out of the bulkhead that go threw the harness to the headlights. I only got a faint light at the bulkhead and faint light at the pink connection at the headlight. Down at the dimmer switch on the floor I got good power coming in from the headlight switch in the dash but both the other trminals have faint power. I think there should be good power at one or the other one for high and one for low beams. What do u think

[DirksCuda]

Also my high beam indicater is on when I push the foot button to high or low. Thanks

[70chall440]

Faint lights mean bad connections and/or poor grounds.

The dimmer switch deal means the connector is probably reversed.