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Old 14-09-2005, 10:58 PM   #1
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Default ED XR headlight High Beam mystery solved!

wont apply to many people but to the ones it does they will be greatfull :P

well after driving around with Xr lights on my car(s) for 2 and a half years i have finally figured out how to fix the high beam issue. what used to happen was you would flick on high beam on the stalk and the lows would go out.

after looking at The NC Sportsman loom i just pulled out i noticed a diode? pluged into the wiring loom which is located under the coolant bottle, i have seen this plug heaps of times on my car with nothing plugged in there. i also noticed that the low beam relay on the NC was a Blue 5 pin one not a Grey 4 pin like normal.

so i pluged both in and what do you know the high beam worked as normal!

so all that is needed to fix the proble is the diode thing (has a brown top with yellow plug) and a 5 pin relay for the low beams. these can be found on all Fairlanes/LTD's as they are wired up like the XR lights are as they use the same globes.

i will get a pic soon so people will know what to look for.

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Old 14-09-2005, 11:06 PM   #2
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awesome, i knew it'd have to be something simple like that john.
just never had 2 cars to pull down and compare....
good find
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Old 14-09-2005, 11:34 PM   #3
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sweetas, awesome job john.
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:00 AM   #4
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oooh but the cop style highbeam lights were cool :nutsycuck
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:05 AM   #5
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oooh but the cop style highbeam lights were cool :nutsycuck
No longer are we going to spot john in the rearview with the "Cop Spec" lights any more ey max?

Good to hear you fixed it Jonny Z
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:13 AM   #6
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Hah no more falling for his impersonating a cop car trick either lol.
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Old 15-09-2005, 12:15 AM   #7
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Hah no more falling for his impersonating a cop car trick either lol.
I fell for that 3 times. Mainly on the ring road.

He Also wont be able to flash his lights at random people to get them to move.
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Old 15-09-2005, 09:16 AM   #8
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Old news my friend. Or i just didn't tell anyone
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Old 15-09-2005, 08:35 PM   #9
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LoL I was just thinking that - "am I the only person who thought of a diode from the word go?"
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Old news my friend. Or i just didn't tell anyone
well your very helpfull then :S.
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Old 16-09-2005, 09:50 AM   #11
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Thanks for the tip! I wondered WTF was up with that when I converted my car, but never really bothered to look into it.

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Old 16-09-2005, 01:16 PM   #12
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oh awesome...yes pics of the wiring etc would be good, I hate electrics!

Yeah...no more tunnel vision!
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Old 16-09-2005, 11:47 PM   #13
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wish i fixed it for you... then i would have done 3
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Old 21-10-2005, 01:20 AM   #14
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can someone post pics of diode and relay and where they go
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Old 21-10-2005, 08:45 AM   #15
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well I changed the relay over but it still does it....

I rarely used high beams anyway, but ti would be nice if I didn't have to hold the stalk towards me when they are needed...lol
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Old 21-10-2005, 10:58 PM   #16
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any1???
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Old 22-10-2005, 12:40 PM   #17
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did you do the diode as well
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Old 22-10-2005, 05:04 PM   #18
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opps i forgot...here is the pic....

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Old 22-10-2005, 06:06 PM   #19
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thanks john xr6 your a champ
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Old 23-10-2005, 01:12 PM   #20
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nah I didn't do the diode...probably why its like that then :/

Now I just have to find the bugger, because I doubt mine is going to be there...lol
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you have helped me out alot. cheers guys... i was changing relays like no tomorrow... didnt think to try 5 pin and the diode i would have had no bloody idea of...

will the diode be in a simlar spot on an EA? i hope so i dont want to go chasing for it
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Not sure because EA's never came out iwth those quad lights however you may be lucky. You may find it or something similiar down behind the battery.
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your right, only ED XR's came with them. a few people have worked it out. the diode is in a simlar place but with the EA's you have to more the wire on the 5 pin relay from 87 and plut it to 30 and apparently that solves the issue. ill post later today and tell you if it works
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Old 04-03-2007, 12:25 PM   #24
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if it were me, i'd go and look at how an NA Fairlanes wiring is..

the fairlanes have exactly the same setup as the XR's for the wiring to the globes.....

if you can replicate the NA's setup you'll get it spot on
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Old 04-03-2007, 03:16 PM   #25
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This thread is so old.

I got his XR front now and its not even wired up properly lol.

Cop Spec is the best!
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Old 11-10-2007, 04:57 PM   #26
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Has any body got a pic of loom & diode setup
Cheers David.
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