Re: A1 headlights

["Don Dawson" <motley@smtp.ajaxshuttle.com>]

At 12:12 PM 11/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
> Hmmm... 
>
>
> I have never haerd of this problem, but I think I can help.
>
> Your low beams use completely different filements than your high beams.
> Since nothing works in the high beam circuit, that will tell you that it
>is not a fuse, or any single circuit path on the high beam circuit. I
>would look for a place in the wiring diagram that controls ALL the high
>beam filements, or maybe the highbeam switch is bad.
>
> I don't have my Bently here. Damn, I wonder if there is a web page that
>has wiring diagrams.
>
> A diagram is really what you need.
>
> Sorry for the little help.
>
> Gene. 
>
>On Sun, 3 Nov 1996 jdoc@postoffice.ptd.net wrote:
>
>> I have a 1980 scirocco and just recently the darned brights
>> stopped working.  When I try to click to the brights my headlights 
>> shut off completly and only parking lights remian lit.  The dims work 
>> fine its just the brights.  I am tired of freaking out the drives in 
>> front of me please help?!?
>>                                        Jay
>> 
>> VW Scirocco 1988 16v
>> VW Scirocco 1980
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>I had this problem once before. I couldn't believe it but one of the high
beam filaments was shorted. Get on new light and swap it one side at a time
and see if it makes a difference.
Regards
Don

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