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Old 04-04-2011, 08:06 PM
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Everything works as should now! It was a bit simpler than I thought. On both sides, there is a harness with red, black, and green wires. There are the same colors coming out of the headlight plug. So I just ran them straight to the plug.
As it turns out, the "over seas" bulbs were my problem! I dug out the original headlights, substituted the Sylvania "made in USA" bulbs, and all is good!
If anything, it was a good excuse to clean up the wires.

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Old 04-04-2011, 08:15 PM
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Glad the suggestions worked! It really becomes a rats nest when there is a splice job done for those wig-wags. You did a nice job of cleaning that up. Looks like the in-house shop used trailer wire for the wig-wag extension.
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:19 PM
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Thanks again!
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:19 PM
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+1. Glad you got it cleaned up, too. Did you solder/heat-shrink the connections?
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:35 PM
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I crimped, soldered, applied liquid electrical tape, then heat shrink. Yeah, I had nothing else to do this afternoon.
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I crimped, soldered, applied liquid electrical tape, then heat shrink. Yeah, I had nothing else to do this afternoon.
Nice!
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Old 04-04-2011, 09:24 PM
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Glad the suggestions worked! It really becomes a rats nest when there is a splice job done for those wig-wags. You did a nice job of cleaning that up. Looks like the in-house shop used trailer wire for the wig-wag extension.
This is a little rats nest I'd like to tackle some day.....what a mess.

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Old 04-04-2011, 09:27 PM
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that is one area I struggle with. it came from Ford looking like crap so I tend to leave it that way. I do try to clean the wiring to make it look as good as possible but there isn't much else you can do.
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