Dad's RX7

[doddy]

hey

I signed up here the day my dad said he'd give me his '89 RX7 Turbo II. I found a reference to AON and got a great quote from them but he's keeping the car in the end...

Anyway the car has a slight electrical fault:

With the ignition off, the headlights work fine on dipped and main beam. But with the ignition switch on they dim way down to about 6 volts worth of light.

Dad's been advised to check the insulation of wiring around the headlights.

Anyone any other ideas?

Sorry if this is an FAQ! (If so do I get one by ball on my first post?)

[scooby_si]

no idea myself i'm afraid but just so you dont feel ignored & in the hope someone with some electrica 2nd gen knowledge shows up welcome & back to the top for this thread:wave
Si

[doddy]

cheers mate.

I've told him that he knows rightly what the problem is - it's a dodgy wire somewhere: all he has to do is find it!

For the record symptoms are:

Ignition Off: Lights work fine, dip and main.

Ignition On:
Light switch Off: Lights half glow.
Light switch On: Only main beam - dip switch doesn't do anything (even though it works fine with ignition off).

We just have to work out how the ignition circuit is impacting the light cicruit...

:)