rangerenthiusiast
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- Location
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey, all.
Just picked up a 1992 Ranger Custom (4.0, A4LD) with a bunch of problems, which I’m slowly addressing. Electrical issues are something I’ve never been good with however, so I’m reaching out in case anyone has any advice about one of them in particular.
What’s happening is that I’ll be driving home at night after work, when all of a sudden, both headlights will flash on and off irregularly without warning. Doesn’t seem to matter if I click between high and low beams (though I think it usually starts when the highs are on). It’s pretty damn scary because it often doesn’t seem like they’re going to come back on and I have to drive dark windy roads that deer like to frequent. I plan to clean the contacts up on the back of the headlights, but with the symptoms being what they are, I really think that something must be shorting out somewhere (maybe a bare wire contacting the frame?).
If anyone knows of particular trouble spots on this vehicle that cause similar shorting problems, please let me know so that I have an idea where to start looking. Thanks!!!
Just picked up a 1992 Ranger Custom (4.0, A4LD) with a bunch of problems, which I’m slowly addressing. Electrical issues are something I’ve never been good with however, so I’m reaching out in case anyone has any advice about one of them in particular.
What’s happening is that I’ll be driving home at night after work, when all of a sudden, both headlights will flash on and off irregularly without warning. Doesn’t seem to matter if I click between high and low beams (though I think it usually starts when the highs are on). It’s pretty damn scary because it often doesn’t seem like they’re going to come back on and I have to drive dark windy roads that deer like to frequent. I plan to clean the contacts up on the back of the headlights, but with the symptoms being what they are, I really think that something must be shorting out somewhere (maybe a bare wire contacting the frame?).
If anyone knows of particular trouble spots on this vehicle that cause similar shorting problems, please let me know so that I have an idea where to start looking. Thanks!!!