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If I didn't know any better,Andre,,,I would think that was the first time for you. Naaa. j/k Clint Hooper HH Custom,owner 1969 El Camino ProTourer 2001 H-D FLHR custom bagger http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was right! I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right! HAHAHA glad you found it. André Turns out it was the switch! Mark Fellman Photographer 310-398-3008
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:o) hehe Have Fun! André - Tigergutt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clint Hooper Sent: 15. mars 2005 21:53 To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] headlights If I didn't know any better,Andre,,,I would think that was the first time for you. Naaa. j/k Clint Hooper HH Custom,owner 1969 El Camino ProTourer 2001 H-D FLHR custom bagger http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was right! I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right!I was right! HAHAHA glad you found it. André Turns out it was the switch! Mark Fellman Photographer 310-398-3008
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Turns out it was the switch! Mark Fellman Photographer 310-398-3008
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I would guess on the switch as well so take your switch out and look at it and smell if its burnt. If its not borrow one and try it. Have Fun! André - Tigergutt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mark fellman Sent: 12. mars 2005 07:53 To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] headlights So, I get in my car to drive home from work and my lights won't go on, the parking lamps and tail lights, brakes and reverse lamps all work, just not the headlamps. Then after fiddling with the switch, none of the lights work, except for the brake lights. Fuses are all fine. Now what should I do? I'm guessing it is the headlight switch and it seems it is easy to get the switch. Now what should I do? Thanks in advance. Mark 71 SS Chevelle Convertible
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From: mark fellman [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, I get in my car to drive home from work and my lights won't go on, the parking lamps and tail lights, brakes and reverse lamps all work, just not the headlamps. Then after fiddling with the switch, none of the lights work, except for the brake lights. Fuses are all fine. Now what should I do? I'm guessing it is the headlight switch and it seems it is easy to get the switch. Now what should I do? Thanks in advance. I'd check the grounds. The headlights went out on my 64 once and that's when I discovered they were grounded by one wire (near battery tray i think is where it was at.)] New and second ground wire helped. Pete Pete Geurds Douglassville, PA
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http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml This is a good site. I've run GE Halogen sealed beams in three different cars for years and liked them a lot. Not to state the obvious but the charging system has to be putting out like it should. Ditch the 37 amp alternator. I still use old style voltage regulators, they are not the problem the 37 amp alternator is marginal. A good electric shop should be able to hook you up with an upgrade in the 60 amp range.(or bigger for a lot of added accessories) Also, it's worthwhile to pull all the connectors off and clean the terminals. (I use a little homemade tool made from an old spring to release the tab and slide terminal out of plastic housing) All grounds need to be clean. I have all 64's so can't vouch for later years but in general some of the wiring could have been a size heavier. Cheapskates at Chevy accounting? Also the headlights on a 64 ground through one wire! I know, it fell off once at night. No I didn't like it. Any how I did the relay thing and it does help. I also split the grounding so I don't lose them all at once again. my 2 cents Pete Geurds Douglassville, PA
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Plug and play, Sylvania halogens, HOWEVER, I did adjust the headlights up a few degrees just to give me a little advantage. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Somers Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:37 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Headlights Did you have to play with electrics or was it a plug-and-play. Got a brand and/or source. My halogens are not worth shootin at. At least not in the daytime but I am tempted at night. My 12 year old son hangin out the window with a cheap flashlight would be an upgrade.High beams turned on makes a sorta decent low beam. If you are not supposed to outrun your lights I need a restrictor to keep me under 14 miles per hour at night. Thanks again Scott - Original Message - From: Richard M. Pruett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I run halogens in my '67 pickup and I'm very happy with the brightness and distance that project. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Somers Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:52 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I'm a new one to the list but I wanted to see what is good for a 68 Chevelle in terms of headlights. I had forgotten how poor lights were back then compared to now. It has halogen but they just don't light up the street like I need. My very nasty 58' Chev back in the early 60's ran some Lucas Flamethrower knockoffs that acted like a Star Wars Jedi Light Saber but that was then and this is now. are there better brighter bulbs for both low and high or maybe a pencil beam style for the highs. i'm 57 and the night vision that I use to have is shot. Thanks in advance for any help and or sources. Scott Dallas
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I run halogens in my '67 pickup and I'm very happy with the brightness and distance that project. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Somers Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:52 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I'm a new one to the list but I wanted to see what is good for a 68 Chevelle in terms of headlights. I had forgotten how poor lights were back then compared to now. It has halogen but they just don't light up the street like I need. My very nasty 58' Chev back in the early 60's ran some Lucas Flamethrower knockoffs that acted like a Star Wars Jedi Light Saber but that was then and this is now. are there better brighter bulbs for both low and high or maybe a pencil beam style for the highs. i'm 57 and the night vision that I use to have is shot. Thanks in advance for any help and or sources. Scott Dallas
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Did you have to play with electrics or was it a plug-and-play. Got a brand and/or source. My halogens are not worth shootin at. At least not in the daytime but I am tempted at night. My 12 year old son hangin out the window with a cheap flashlight would be an upgrade.High beams turned on makes a sorta decent low beam. If you are not supposed to outrun your lights I need a restrictor to keep me under 14 miles per hour at night. Thanks again Scott - Original Message - From: Richard M. Pruett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I run halogens in my '67 pickup and I'm very happy with the brightness and distance that project. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Somers Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:52 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I'm a new one to the list but I wanted to see what is good for a 68 Chevelle in terms of headlights. I had forgotten how poor lights were back then compared to now. It has halogen but they just don't light up the street like I need. My very nasty 58' Chev back in the early 60's ran some Lucas Flamethrower knockoffs that acted like a Star Wars Jedi Light Saber but that was then and this is now. are there better brighter bulbs for both low and high or maybe a pencil beam style for the highs. i'm 57 and the night vision that I use to have is shot. Thanks in advance for any help and or sources. Scott Dallas
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are there better brighter bulbs for both low and high or maybe a pencil beam style for the highs. i'm 57 and the night vision that I use to have is shot. Check this out--http://home.neb.rr.com/postmodern/hd/index.htm
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At 12:36 PM 6/11/2004, you wrote: Did you have to play with electrics or was it a plug-and-play. Got a brand and/or source. My halogens are not worth shootin at. At least not in the daytime but I am tempted at night. My 12 year old son hangin out the window with a cheap flashlight would be an upgrade. High beams turned on makes a sorta decent low beam. If you are not supposed to outrun your lights I need a restrictor to keep me under 14 miles per hour at night. Thanks again ScottI feel your pain, but halogens are better than the original headlights. Dave in Dallas also
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You might add some relays so you can run some 100A high beams. Some good bulbs will set the grass afire by the side of the road. G Clint HooperHH Custom,ownerLT5 Registry Directorhttp://www.LT5Registry.net/ACES #1650http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm - Original Message - From: Dave Corgill At 12:36 PM 6/11/2004, you wrote: Did you have to play with electrics or was it a plug-and-play. Got a brandand/or source.My halogens are not worth shootin at. At least not in the daytime but I amtempted at night. My 12 year old son hangin out the window with a cheapflashlight would be an upgrade. High beams turned on makes a sorta decentlow beam. If you are not supposed to outrun your lights I need a restrictorto keep me under 14 miles per hour at night.Thanks againScott
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Scott, Here is a link to MAD Electrical : http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml Look under Brighter Headlights . I did this upgrade to my '68 and no longer have yellow headlights. Works GREAT ! Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502 ACES #5102 - Original Message - From: Scott Somers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I'm a new one to the list but I wanted to see what is good for a 68 Chevelle in terms of headlights. I had forgotten how poor lights were back then compared to now. It has halogen but they just don't light up the street like I need. My very nasty 58' Chev back in the early 60's ran some Lucas Flamethrower knockoffs that acted like a Star Wars Jedi Light Saber but that was then and this is now. are there better brighter bulbs for both low and high or maybe a pencil beam style for the highs. i'm 57 and the night vision that I use to have is shot. Thanks in advance for any help and or sources. Scott Dallas
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FWIW, a guy I knew claimed he mounted a set of helicopter landing lights under his front bumper with remarkable results! Guaranteed to convince an on-coming he ought to dim his brights! And excellent for exacting revenge on the a**hole who follows you with his brights on. Let him pass and ZAP! Plus, pretty swell for just seeing a long way at night! Sorry, I don't know the electrical implications of this equipment, but sounds like it would be worth a look! Steve The Blue Shark On 6/11/04 2:34 PM, Kent Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott, Here is a link to MAD Electrical : http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml Look under Brighter Headlights . I did this upgrade to my '68 and no longer have yellow headlights. Works GREAT ! Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502 ACES #5102 - Original Message - From: Scott Somers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I'm a new one to the list but I wanted to see what is good for a 68 Chevelle in terms of headlights. I had forgotten how poor lights were back then compared to now. It has halogen but they just don't light up the street like I need. My very nasty 58' Chev back in the early 60's ran some Lucas Flamethrower knockoffs that acted like a Star Wars Jedi Light Saber but that was then and this is now. are there better brighter bulbs for both low and high or maybe a pencil beam style for the highs. i'm 57 and the night vision that I use to have is shot. Thanks in advance for any help and or sources. Scott Dallas
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Man, do I owe you a drink! Some very good reading here with good points. I had forgotten how we had used relays in my comp car audio car 10+ years ago to get some serious car audio stuff fired up ( I was a tweaker not a thumper).I even had relays turning on relays for grounding applications. Kinda opens up my world for lights- maybe a set of those blue ones that I cuss at when they come at me and give me a 30 second headache That site had some other good reading in it as well. Thanks to ya Scott - Original Message - From: Kent Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Headlights Scott, Here is a link to MAD Electrical : http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml Look under Brighter Headlights . I did this upgrade to my '68 and no longer have yellow headlights. Works GREAT ! Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502 ACES #5102
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Title: Re: [Chevelle-list] Headlights I second the good things to say about madelectrical.com I bought 2 pair of Bosch H4s for my '67, and that made a definite improvement on the stock T3s. A few months after that, I rewired the headlights with relays, and that was simply outstanding. A few monthat after *that,* I followed the directions to correct the original wiring harness flaws mentioned (http://www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/chevymain1.shtml) and add remote voltage sensing http://www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/remotevoltagesensing.shtml Now, even with all original electrical accessories running, as well as amplifiers, MSD box, and the upgraded headlights, I can't get below 13 volts. Yes, it was a lot of work, and yes, I'd do it again. The results are worth it! Dave. -- www.swingvictoria.com
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Thanks for that link,Kent. That's what a lot of us needed to know. I'll definitely go that route with my El Camino. Clint Hooper HH Custom,owner LT5 Registry Director http://www.LT5Registry.net/ ACES #1650 http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm - Original Message - From: Kent Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott, Here is a link to MAD Electrical : http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml Look under Brighter Headlights . I did this upgrade to my '68 and no longer have yellow headlights. Works GREAT ! Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502 ACES #5102
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Scott and Clint, Your both very welcome. There are some good ideas on that website. After reading Mark Hamilton's website, I used relays to power the headlights, and the electric fuel pump. Both turned out GREAT. Also, learned how to solder properly to make the best electrical connections. Mark was also very helpful with any questions I had. He is definately one of the Good Guys out there. Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502 ACES #5102 - Original Message - From: Scott Somers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Headlights Man, do I owe you a drink! Some very good reading here with good points. I had forgotten how we had used relays in my comp car audio car 10+ years ago to get some serious car audio stuff fired up ( I was a tweaker not a thumper).I even had relays turning on relays for grounding applications. Kinda opens up my world for lights- maybe a set of those blue ones that I cuss at when they come at me and give me a 30 second headache That site had some other good reading in it as well. Thanks to ya Scott - Original Message - From: Kent Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Headlights Scott, Here is a link to MAD Electrical : http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml Look under Brighter Headlights . I did this upgrade to my '68 and no longer have yellow headlights. Works GREAT ! Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502 ACES #5102
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Larry Butler wrote: My 72 had the same problem, but reversed, only the right low beam worked. It turned out to be that the left low beam wire was corroded where it crimps to the spade lug. I had to push the spade lug out of the plastic connector, cut the wire, trim the wire and recrimp it. Then I pushed the spade lug back into the plastic connector and plugged it in. Wala, it worked! Thanks to all who responded on this. I decided I'd go for the easy fix first and today just replaced the bulb. Works fine. I guess the low beam filament was burnt out. I'll save the various posts tho for future reference when the problem turns out to be something more than just the bulb.
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My 72 had the same problem, but reversed, only the right low beam worked. It turned out to be that the left low beam wire was corroded where it crimps to the spade lug. I had to push the spade lug out of the plastic connector, cut the wire, trim the wire and recrimp it. Then I pushed the spade lug back into the plastic connector and plugged it in. Wala, it worked! Larry 72 El Camino -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Kiernan Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:32 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights Symptom: On low beam, the right side doesnt light, only the left. On high beam, the highs come on, as well as both the low beams. Diagnosis? DK SF
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Heya! This used to happen to me. It turned out to be a combination of bad grounds at the headlights, as well as burnt connectors. Buy a dozen 0.375 (check that, it might be different for stock lights. That's 3/8) female spade terminals and some heatshrink, and replace the old connectors. Clean the grounds as well. :-) I also inserted relays and replaced all the wire with heavier gauge, as I went to 60w H4s. What a difference! I'd recommend it if you ever drive at nighttime, and don't need to keep your car totally original. Hope this helps, Dave. Symptom: On low beam, the right side doesnt light, only the left. On high beam, the highs come on, as well as both the low beams. Diagnosis? DK SF -- www.swingvictoria.com
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I just had lots of fun trying to get the lights working in this Beaumont. The main problems where bad ground and the high, low beam switch. It sounds like you have a ground problems also. I don't think it is a switch problem with yours. Dave Ingersoll,Ontario My web site: http://members.tripod.com/benj30/ - Original Message - From: Dennis Kiernan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:32 AM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headlights Symptom: On low beam, the right side doesnt light, only the left. On high beam, the highs come on, as well as both the low beams. Diagnosis? DK SF
