Hoosierman
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- Mar 23, 2024
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- Location
- Indiana
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
Hi all, recently I introduced myself in another section of the forum. My '88 Custom over the last couple of months has been giving me fits with the headlights. So occasionally the low beams wouldn't work, but the high beams would. The dimmer switch seemed to have an off and an on position, nothing in the middle. Well a few nights ago while driving home, low beams refused to work and have since. No problem, I've heard of this issue. I had the dash pretty much open due to a few minor fixes I was doing and replaced the radio and such. So while I was at it, I just replaced both the dimmer and the switch since I had no clue how old they were.
Still no low beams. What would be the next practical step to take with this? Were these years of Rangers/BIIs known for electrical issues at all? I mean, statistically speaking, the odds of both low beams in sealed beam headlights going kaput at the same moment are not likely at all. I did notice that in the headlight switch, the connector for the brown (ish) wire on the pigtail was melted slightly, but the connector still mated properly. That's about it... Thanks.
Still no low beams. What would be the next practical step to take with this? Were these years of Rangers/BIIs known for electrical issues at all? I mean, statistically speaking, the odds of both low beams in sealed beam headlights going kaput at the same moment are not likely at all. I did notice that in the headlight switch, the connector for the brown (ish) wire on the pigtail was melted slightly, but the connector still mated properly. That's about it... Thanks.