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Highbeam dash light stays on
shokwave2 - July 21st, 2011 at 04:07 PM

I was experiencing electrical problems and found that the fuse box had a big crack through it. I replaced the fuse box, labelling every wire before taking them off and re-connecting them to the new fuse box.

All the lights, turn signals and accessories work perfectly, but the blue highbeam dash light stays on whether the lights are on parkers, driving lights or high beam.

I've checked the bulb, the wiring diagram to make sure it's connected to the right terminal, and the highbeam wire is comletely insulated, no bare bits. So what could be causing the light to stay on the dash?

Cheers.


matberry - July 22nd, 2011 at 07:19 PM

The hi beam light wire is a small gauge blue/white trace, and comes from a high beam fuse (white wire). If this is definately correct at the fuse box where you've been, I can only think that the wrong bulb holder is in the high hole in the speedo, maybe a instrument back light.


shokwave2 - July 23rd, 2011 at 03:28 AM

The thing is the speedo was not touched. All i did was label the wires at the fuse box, disconnect them, then attach them to new fuse box. High beam dash light was working perfectly before doing this and everything else is working as normal.


donn - July 23rd, 2011 at 10:10 AM

maybe a slight difference between the two fuse boxes?


Joel - July 23rd, 2011 at 10:52 AM

The pilot light just piggy backs off the left high beam so whatever the left high beam does the pilot light does.

Trace the wire from the bulb back to the fuse box, sounds like you either have the wire on the fuse for the parkers or like matt said its feeding from the speedo lights.