Cerbera Headlights

[Erich Stahler]

Have very dim main beam, high beam fine, heard some talk of this being caused by relay in boot being damaged, burnt out, does this sound about right?

Also I presume this would definitely be an MOT failure?

[Erich Stahler]

This looks like the culprit! Do I need to replace the whole box of Gubbins or just wire on a new connector?

[N1CERB]

I was wondering if these relays could be just removed and a standard relay board wired in with just standard off the shelf components? Would make our lives so much easier and last longer?

[Erich Stahler]

N1CERB said:

I was wondering if these relays could be just removed and a standard relay board wired in with just standard off the shelf components? Would make our lives so much easier and last longer?

Good idea, anyone know if this is feasible?

[Tanguero]

The problem isn't the board or relays - its the connectors. They are marginal for the power going through them and they always seem to burn out on the same pin. I soldered in separate wires to bypass the burnt out pins and put suitably rated bullet connectors on them.

[N1CERB]

So did you just solder directly onto the pin on the board? My connector also has burnt wires here and I would like to by pass them. I was just going to cut all the wires back and fit a seperate relay, but as you say the board does look OK. Just need to bypass the connector.

[Steve_T]

I fixed Fubar's headlights by soldering to the pins a long time back and as far as I'm aware there have been no subsequent issues. On mine I drive a pair of relays fed from the battery using the headlight wiring to perform the switching.

[FUBAR]

Steve_T said:

I fixed Fubar's headlights by soldering to the pins a long time back and as far as I'm aware there have been no subsequent issues.

Cheapest fix I've ever had on the car, cost me 2 cups of tea and a doughnut

[sonnylad]

I did this to light unit and also heater blower unit as that also burns out

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Tanguero]

N1CERB said:

So did you just solder directly onto the pin on the board? My connector also has burnt wires here and I would like to by pass them. I was just going to cut all the wires back and fit a seperate relay, but as you say the board does look OK. Just need to bypass the connector.

Yes - I soldered a wire directly onto the connector pin on the board. Then drilled a neat hole in the box next to the plug for the wire to come through.