headlights

["BOB CRONIN" <don4bob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hello there,
Bob here. I have a suggestion and it might sound real stupid, but I was 
woundering if you have checked your ground wires yet? It might be worth the 
checking out.
Thanks,
Bob C.
Big Boat
1962 Imperial Crown 4 door


>From: ImperialMCMLXII@xxxxxxx
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>Subject: Re: IML: headlights
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:13:10 EST
>
>Hi Gary, gang,
>
>If you have the automatic headlight dimmer (that periscope thing that 
>protrudes from the dash top just in front of the driver) the dimmer might 
>be trying to switch from high to low beam (or vice versa) and the relay 
>could be at fault.
>
>I had an auto-dimmer on my '66 Crown. Large roadsigns had a tendency to 
>reflect the highbeams back into the dimmer sensor. The resulting 
>high-low-high-low cycling of the headlights would cause the relay to 
>temporarily fail (perhaps overheating or something like that) and cause all 
>the headlights shut down. This happened to me one time a curving mountain 
>road. With no moon out, it was quite exciting. Talk about adrenaline rush!
>
>Deactivating the automatic dimmer circuit will return your dimmer switch to 
>manual operation.
>
>Hope you find the source of the problem.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Imperial Regards,
>
>Jay Mc Kee
>1962 Crown Southampton 4-door
>
>