Headlight air-brake problem :(

[gingerbredman]

Headlights stopped going up and down with the switches like they're supposed to. The motors are good, as I can jump the fuse's connection under the hood and make them go up and down with the switch, but I don't want to burn anything up. The relays are clicking like they should, and I've replaced them as well. Btw the fuse I'm talking about is the "headlight ret" one I believe.

I'm either going to fab up some type of Abflug type lights out of them or ..something, but this ish isn't baking my cookies if you know what I mean.

Anyways has anyone else had an instant pop-up failure like this? It's like there's too much voltage going to that fuse, it just keeps popping them.

[1KleenS13]

Check for a pinched power wire, that will draw amps and pop fuses if is touching metal.

[gingerbredman]

That more than likely was the case. Today I messed around with it and put a fuse in it and the lights started working like normal, but I'm going to take a better look at it tomorrow. Thanks for the reply

[Cone Junky]

Check the harness on the left side (by radiator/airbox). I noticed some sparks when I was cleaning my engine bay once. Upon further investigation I found a couple of wires that had rubbed through the insulation.

I was able to catch it before any problems occured, but your's might be the same issue.

[gingerbredman]

Thanks for the heads up

It's been raining, but I've still got some daylight left to play with it