A little maintenance today

jon f mn · Oct 7, 2016

Been smelling burning for a couple days. Finally found it yesterday when one headlight quit working. The harness across the front was melting at all the plugs. I should have just turned on the lights and walked away, but instead I fixed it. I was surprised the harness was only $60 and the black cover which had melted from the heat and fell off was only $10. You could tell it melted from the damage to the hood. Luckily the damage around the sockets and to the hood was minor and they still worked or it would have required a new hood.

Bill in IL · Oct 7, 2016

Its no fun being stuck without headlights so that is one fix worth every penny. I spent the night in a parking lot with my old pickup truck 150 miles from home. The wires at the starter were down to one or two strands left and would not carry enough current. I found that one by accident but was sure glad to have it finally fixed. I had even swapped the alternator 20 miles before that and thought I had it fixed.

I remember when you posted about your new truck not long ago. Your front bumper sure has seen some miles from all the road rash on it.

Married2Allis · Oct 7, 2016

Glad that headlight got fixed. How tough is the windshield on that truck? Has anything big enough to crack it ever come up off the road?

jon f mn · Oct 7, 2016

Im on the third one now and it's got 3 large chips and needs to be replaced. I've just been putting it
off.

glennster · Oct 7, 2016

jon are you running aftermarket super brite bulbs?? we got a tsb a while back that the bulbs draw more amps than the harness is designed to carry. it melts the sockets and burns up the harness ends. i think it was a gm tsb.

caterpillar guy · Oct 7, 2016

Had to do that to my Pete. The harness was supposed to be about 300 for each side. I called my local dealer in OH where I bought the truck. They told me if I used the one from an older truck it was only about a 100 for both of them. So I went that route. The dealer that told me the 300 was in Billings MT.
I called them and told them about the difference to save their customers some cash. Don't know if it did or not.

jon f mn · Oct 7, 2016

They are aftermarket bulbs but just standards. And it was melting the turn signals too. I'm not sure how that affects things, but I'll buy new volvo bulbs and see what happens.

Bob in SD · Oct 7, 2016

Nothing like being on a backroad when an old Triumph motorcycle headlight quits at speed. Definite pucker-factor. Curses to thou, Lucas, Prince of Darkness.

NIK OWEN · Oct 7, 2016

JUST LIKE MY 54 AJS 650...BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED...

donjr · Oct 7, 2016

I hope you put winter antifreeze in there while you were changing those bulbs.....it may keep them from freezing up in a couple of month....

fixerupper · Oct 7, 2016

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Bob you made me a chuckle. I had a 'prince of darkness' once, a Triumph trophy 500. It lost the lights going down a blacktop road on my way home from the bar. I didn't pucker till I got stopped. LOL

s,mac · Oct 7, 2016

I drove charter bus about 23 years ago. Lost all lights on night with a load of bingo players. Turned on four way flashers had enough light to get her parked. It sure got dark quick. Steve

jeffcat · Oct 7, 2016

How about a tiny dab of silicone grease on the very rear of the bulb. I do my regular bubs like 1156 1157 types with just enough to give them a VERY light coat. Dont get any on the glass. Clean off glass with alcohal. No corrosion or problem for years.

oldsarge · Oct 7, 2016

'66 BSA Thunderbolt..........Had it 30 years and it still did that kind of crap!!!!!!!!!!

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