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Re: No Lights - Revisited

To: TCR2B@aol.com
Subject: Re: No Lights - Revisited
From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:42:00 -0600 (CST)
Yup. the parking lights turn off when the head lights are on. It is
Nissan's design. Nothing to worry about.

Peace,
Pat

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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 TCR2B@aol.com wrote:

> Hey List,
>
> I'm still sorting out a few odds & ends on my '66 1600.  I've come across a
> situation & I'm not sure if this is a problem or not.  All of my lights are
> working, but when I turn my headlights on (high or low beam), I lose my front
> parking lights.  Is this supposed to happen?  The turn signals work fine
> (headlights on or not).  I haven't driven one of these cars in 20 some years 
>& can't
> remember if they should be on or not.
>
> My guess is that they should.  I took the light switch out & looked at how
> the PO had hooked the wires up relative to the schematic, it was different.
> I'll have to write down which was which.  I diagrammed it before I reset it 
>so I
> could go back to what I had.  Anyway, I hooked up per the schematic, and I
> didn't even get headlights, just the parking lights.  My lack of knowledge of
> electrical systems along with a pretty sorry schematic isn't helping much.  
>Do I
> even have a problem here?






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