Problem with headlights?

[Mr Alford]

was about to go out a minute ago and i went to turn my headlights on and they only came on very dimly well basically it was my sidelights and my headlights lit up a little, for some reason it wont go onto normal beam the main beam works if i flash it but it wont go onto main beam continously has anyone had this problem before and is there a fix to it?

also chequed the altenator and its fine

ive checked all the fuses and both bulbs they all seem ok???

[Niel]

was about to go out a minute ago and i went to turn my headlights on and they only came on very dimly well basically it was my sidelights and my headlights lit up a little, for some reason it wont go onto normal beam the main beam works if i flash it but it wont go onto main beam continously has anyone had this problem before and is there a fix to it?

also chequed the altenator and its fine

ive checked all the fuses and both bulbs they all seem ok???

Switch gear, either the roller switch or the dip/main, deffo with uprated bulbs and no relays....

[karlo]

I get this problem and its one of my headlamp plugs that causes it, they need renewing as they have got hot at some stage and one terminal had gone rusty, it creates a bad connection.

If i wiggle the plug it sorts itself out for a while.

[Mr Alford]

was about to go out a minute ago and i went to turn my headlights on and they only came on very dimly well basically it was my sidelights and my headlights lit up a little, for some reason it wont go onto normal beam the main beam works if i flash it but it wont go onto main beam continously has anyone had this problem before and is there a fix to it?

also chequed the altenator and its fine

ive checked all the fuses and both bulbs they all seem ok???

Switch gear, either the roller switch or the dip/main, deffo with uprated bulbs and no relays....

i have uprated bulbs what is the switch relay and where is it?

it seems as if the stalk doesnt work

[chris9119]

could be an earth fault as well.

Best bet is to hard wire them to the battery to ensure that they work, and if the do work that way, try the stalk and relays, etc.

[Niel]

was about to go out a minute ago and i went to turn my headlights on and they only came on very dimly well basically it was my sidelights and my headlights lit up a little, for some reason it wont go onto normal beam the main beam works if i flash it but it wont go onto main beam continously has anyone had this problem before and is there a fix to it?

also chequed the altenator and its fine

ive checked all the fuses and both bulbs they all seem ok???

Switch gear, either the roller switch or the dip/main, deffo with uprated bulbs and no relays....

i have uprated bulbs what is the switch relay and where is it?

it seems as if the stalk doesnt work

Thats the problem, there isn't any relays on the 200 series disco, ALL the load is taken on the switch gear, most likely the poor connection problems the standard lamp connectors have, coupled with the increased load, have killed the switches....The answer is to change the switch gear and fit relays to carry the load BTDT, ask Evilgoat! Oh and fit better lamp connectors too....

[Evilgoat]

Its worth checking the earths first, just reseating the bulbs may help

[Little Chris]

check the stork their is a black wire witch comes loose just needs resoldering that happened to mine about six months ago   :lol:

[Mr Alford]

Its worth checking the earths first, just reseating the bulbs may help

right lastnight i went out in the -4oc weather and i,
Replaced the headlamps checked the connections - and nothing
tried all the fuses again - nothing
checked all the earths - nothing
i tried all this again with the engine running just in case and nothing

so tday now its light im gonna move to the last resort of the indicator stalk and iroh96 if ur right then thankyou if not then im pretty stuck

[Mr Alford]

right the answer is........
thankyou for pointing out that it was the black wire as it was and it could have been soldered but i just bought a new stalk and i fixed the problem heres pics below of what cam eoff and the new one

the new one




the old one ive circled the illusive wire which will be fixed then ill pop it on ebay unless anyone on here is after one