Got a strange problem with my sidelights

Sometimes they work, sometimes they dont

One side wasnt working, thought it was the bulb, but when I touched the sidelight casing it came on !!, so I thought perhaps a dodgy bulb, or loose wiring

then last night I checked the other sidelight, and that does the same thing now !!

any ideas on why they wont come on unless tapped lightly, I can understand one side doing that but not both

Ill try changing the bulbs tonight, as I have a few spare

Steve

 

just poor connections, either 12v supply or the earth return

 

yeah but how do I go about fixing it

 

check voltage with a multimeter ... or get an auto-electrician to look at it

 

Well I got a multimeter, but to me hitting the side lamps to come on does sound more like faulty wiring somewhere, but my guess is that it wont be that easy to resolve

if the lights are off, then there cant be any voltage (or not enough) but hitting them wouldnt produce more voltage

If there is a break in the wire (cant really see it being that otherwise it would only be one side and not both) then again not that easy to rectify

 

Hi Steve, probably a crappy socket inside the lamp, doesn't take much for a bit of corrosion to foul them up, and every time you whack them it scratches through the sh!te and makes contact for a bit.

How's tricks??

 

Yeah, im just not sure if the fault is in the socket or the wiring itself

may try a bit of sandpaper on the contacts and some new bulbs

Things arent too bad, sold my turbo in the end, it was just sitting in the garage gathering dust, waiting for money for a remap

Im leaving the car as it is for the time being, im quite happy with it still, hows things with yours now

 

My old WRX used to do this, I just cleaned up the sockets and never had the problem again.

 

Mines snowballing out of control now, got a run around for work so its just a toy, new engine build on the way.

Saw Barry t'other week at three sisters, mailed him about meeting up for a beer at the wiggin tree??

 

I got another runaround now too, since the golf head gasket went

Not seen Barry for a while, bout time we had another meet up, do they still do the Wiggin Tree then, not been for a long time now

 

Haven't the foggiest TBH if they still have a meet up there, just the first pub that we all know that came to mind.

 

Oh YHM re remap.