As a matter of fact day before yesterday in the evening I tinkered on my
dub.....that was after I sent out the querries.....
Had to get my bug on the road since I did not feel like borrowing dads
ride for going to work that night.
Had a spare brand new headlight relay left over from the resto of my
second 68 bug.
Simply replaced it and yes!! Everything picture perfect again!
I found that four out of five, except for the number 30 terminals can be
rocked on the relay. Maybe this was causing probs. The spade connectors
were all tight and snug, in fact so tight that I got the wire off instead of
the connector while pulling one.
The fuse box does hold the key to a lot of mysteries I have also learnt.
I clean up the terminals with emery cloth like you say but go on to coat it
with Phillips contact cleaner, which I have seen evaporated over a short
while. Maybe petroleum jelly is a better option. But would it not create a
mess by trapping dirt??
Best regards,
Asad
Karachi, Pakistan.
From: Chuck Kuecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]>
To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 68 bug Headlight problem
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:21:11 -0500
Hi, Asad,
The melted wire sounds like either a poor connection at the relay, or
the relay itself is overheating. A bad connection can overheat easily.
IF any push-on terminal wiggles easily on its blade, it's lost its
clamping pressure and will just get worse with time.
All the problems I have ever had with headlights going out have been
with the fuse box. On my '67, there was a water leak around the hood,
and the cover of the fuse box would fill with water every time it
rained. The fuses all got corroded. I polished the fuse contacts with
emery cloth and put a coating of petroleum jelly on them - no problems
for quite a while now.
Chuck Kuecker
asad ishaque wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My daily driven 68 has a prob. The headlights are troublesome.
> They have a history of 'acting up' with one of the beams not
> funtioning followed by both beams not working. This was cured by
> cleaning the terminals at the fusebox and the headlight relay n
> switch. Relay was put brand new few years back and is a brazil VW
> item. Headlight switch, genuine VW.
>
> Currently first the high beam stopped working. On flipping the
> indicator lever, the relay clicked and switches the beam (to darkness
> if high). Couple of days later the low beam also stopped working. Now
> none of the beams work but I do have a brief flash when I pull the
> indicator lever.....if I keep it pulled theres light.
>
> I had long noticed a slight smell of something frying in the car.
> On examination I found the wire going from the switch to the relay had
> its clip plastic insulator molten in place on the relay side.
>
> What should be done here??? Do you guys suppose its a bad Headlight
> switch or theres a problem in the relay?? Alternatively can it be just
> bad wires and crappy connections?
>
> I can replace the relay and the headlight switch but I dont want to
> miss on something which can be eliminated.
>
> TIA
>
> Asad
> Karachi, Pakistan.
>
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