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 Gangel
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| posted on December 21st, 2010 at 08:54 PM |
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High beam wiring.
Hey again peeps.
Re did all the wiring on my '68 bug and now the high beam isnt working.
I have looked at the wiring diagram and I see that the brown cable on the indicator switch goes to the windscreen washer switch..
Am i reading this correctly or not? If so.. why does it go there for high beam?
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posted by Gangel
Hey again peeps.
Re did all the wiring on my '68 bug and now the high beam isnt working.
I have looked at the wiring diagram and I see that the brown cable on the indicator switch goes to the windscreen washer switch..
Am i reading this correctly or not? If so.. why does it go there for high beam?
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Hi
without looking at the wiring diagram...
VW used switches as terminals for power... to other places..
what headlamp relay or you using?
round - rectangle - ??
headlights have fuses for Left and right headlamps
on High or Low ..
so, You have a problem with power to the fusebox for headlamps... fuses 3 & 4 are high beam and the power to these isn't getting there..
LEE
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Gangel
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| posted on December 24th, 2010 at 02:48 PM |
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cheers, ill have a look and see where i get
thanks or the input
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DylanTheDubber
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| posted on December 24th, 2010 at 02:57 PM |
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if you have replaced the headlight relay with a supercheap one or any one that isnt Genuine VW then the high beam wont work.
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| posted on December 24th, 2010 at 03:02 PM |
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Brown = earth.
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if you have replaced the headlight relay with a supercheap one or any one that isnt Genuine VW then the high beam wont work.
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Doesn't need to be genuine VW. A relay is a relay. So long as the pin out is the same then it'll work though you have to be careful with diode
protected relays as the coil connections need to be correctly powered.
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| posted on January 2nd, 2011 at 07:13 AM |
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Not the case with VWs, because the highbeam switch a momentary switch unlike most cars they have to use a special latching relay
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| posted on January 2nd, 2011 at 01:19 PM |
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posted by Joel
Not the case with VWs, because the highbeam switch a momentary switch unlike most cars they have to use a special latching relay [/quote
yup STD latching relay. Any auto electrician can supply one so doesn't need be VW. Electromechanical latching relay. If you want em cheap I can give
you a UK website 
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| posted on January 2nd, 2011 at 03:27 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by DylanTheDubber
if you have replaced the headlight relay with a supercheap one or any one that isnt Genuine VW then the high beam wont work.
From Dylan
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Doesn't need to be genuine VW. A relay is a relay. So long as the pin out is the same then it'll work though you have to be careful with diode
protected relays as the coil connections need to be correctly powered.
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VW headlamp relays also many BMW and SAAB SCANIA etc
use a similar special latching relay....
when You click on high beam the relay has to switch and stay latched on high beam...
LEE
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