JoeinCA Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 hey guys, quick question. Have any of you experienced a problem with your headlights, the high beams work, but the low beams don't? it's on a 77 280Z. thanks for any help, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 usually means the low beam bulbs are shot. kragen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speeder Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 High beams and low beams are on separate fuses on my '78 - Check! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 you might luck out then, i believe mine are single fuses for low and high, 77-78 have mroe of the bugs worked out im sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinCA Posted January 14, 2003 Author Share Posted January 14, 2003 I hacent driven the thing in 4-5 months, and the lights worked the last time i drove it... Also, i replacced every fuse in my fuse block with fresh ones before i started the car... If they are on a separate circuit, does that mean they also have separate relays for low/high beams? thanks again for your help... Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 flip from hi to low a couple times hard. one time the switch on the column got stuck in between hi and low, then only hi worked for a while. i played with it alittle more and both started working again never had a problem since. my guess is the switch is either going bad or intermintent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinCA Posted January 14, 2003 Author Share Posted January 14, 2003 Thanks for the tip Stony, I'll try that as soon as I get up tommorrow... Oh well, it isnt like the car is very driveable right now anyways... (i mean, it does drive, but there are certain points that i need to address before i take it anywhere besides my neighborhood).. Thanks again, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speeder Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 No relays in the headlight cicuit - all current is routed throught the steering column switches, which are really old by now. I've had to do what Stony suggests - Flip the dimmer switch several ( maybe lots of ) times to wipe those old contacts in the switch. This will probably make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Stony's experience is similar to mine. I had the same problem and it was the combo switch that was causing it. I think on mine though, I turned the lights off and then back on, and the high/low worked fine again. The problem only happened 2 or 3 time a year, so it wasn't a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 If the 77z's are wired like the 240's then the hight and low beams use a different ground wire so check that. Its strange because it is backwards of most cars the z's have a single power wire and then two grounds one for high beam one for low beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinCA Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 It was the switch.... it's wierd that the problem just started though... the stuff worked great when i pulled it from the car. must have gotten dusty in storage. Thanks for the help once again guys, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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