OK, Headlights Went Out After Working, Help? (Fairmont)

[Guest]

Well, I havent investigated this thoroughly, but I went to my fathers farm on Saturday, and we were re-mounting the battery and doing other variious fix uppers to the Fairmont. I pulled away later at night, and it seemed I had no headlights.

I drove over 100 miles with my markers on and emergency hazzard lights on a Saturday night. Luckilly, no pull over, but its all legit with the tags and insurance.

I tried the brites as well, nothing.

They worked the night before Saturday when we were tinkering around.

Could we have loosened some sort of connection?

I havent looked at it in the light yet, but I pulled over at about 5 well-lighted gas stations to try some things. No luck.

I doubt its the switch.

I tried all fuses.

Anybody have a suggestion?

Ill go diggin tomorrow, where the hell is my test light?

Thanks, Joe.

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

those fox body switches are a known issue to go out. maybe the turn signal stalk?

 

[texacejr]

My buddy's 78 Futura experienced the same problem. Sometimes he could hit the brights and it would work for awhile. Channged the light swith on the dash and no more problems. It' a cheap and easy fix.

 

[Guest]

I think I figured it out. The windshield or an underhood rubber plug thats pulled out is slightly leaking water to my feet. That was a rainy day earlier, and I bet water and condensation caused it, because the next day, they worked fine. I tried the switch about 100 times, and its fine NOW.

Theres 2 plugs under the hood that are missing, from guages that somebody installed. Instead of popping an "X" in the rubber with a knife, they pulled them out completely.

Ill just gob on some silicone sealant under the hood where the rubber should be, or I might even have some plugs from my old fox mustangs in the garage.