Head/Tail Lights not working

[jszarecki]

my running lights work, but brake and headlamps dont work...neither do the blinkers. the hazzards DO work however... suggestions? fuses are good

[montoya_fan01]

don't take this the wrong way, but I suggest a complete rewire. Maybe you can find an unmolested complete wiring harness for your car..

your car has so many different electrical problems that you might be better off in the long run to just replace everything. By better off, I'm talking about $$$$ and time invested to find and fix all of your issues.

[Virto]

My hazards worked fine, but my blinkers didn't work because I had a tail lamp burn out. When I got my car, my headlamps didn't work either, although the parking lamps did. Try flipping the headlight switch about 20 times on and off real fast. If there's built up crud on the contacts, that's a good way to give them a temporary cleaning.

There is an article on here about removing the entire switch and cleaning the contacts. This is probably a good place to start, although a rewire in your case (ie, car plauged with electrical demons) is probably a good idea.

[TomoHawk]

You didn't say what kind of car you had ( or I forgot)...

I don't think you really -need- to rewire the car. Check the simple things first,

like the fuse links & fuses. On a 280Z, the headlamps each have their own fuse, and are each on their own cicuit, except for the main switch on the column, and the brake lamps are ganged with some other things like the horn ( does the horn work?) the horn not working may give a clue for the brakelamps. Headlamps should be a little easier to diagnose. You do have a voltmeter and test lamp? I even have a buzzer I put into a test lamp (inplace of the lamp).

thx

[jszarecki]

all of a sudden teh lights work again.. damn "ghosts in the Machine"

also car runs fine again, once i ran a wire from the ignition to the VRegulator. must now rewire the tach. and trouble shoot the gas gage