scottonthefen
Well-Known Member
I've got a S2A I'm fitting new front lights and light harness to.
When I got the vehicle the wiring was bodged about a bit so all the front light wiring got removed at the same time as several spot lights.. wire wrapped around chassis and hanging from under steering wheel and so on. Trust me it wasn't worth trying to keep.
I've got a front lamps harness from autosparks and am ready to fit it. My foot switch is live on the input pin when the headlights are switched on, and the output pins for dip (UR) and main (UW) are each made live in turn as I toggle the foot switch. So far so good.
Now I think I just run wires from those pins out the footwell to join the loom in the engine bay and connect straight to my new lamps harness, right? They don't need to go anywhere else first?
At some point the feed to the main beam warning light has got lost. I've checked the bulb, it's fine and earthed. For this I was thinking about running a wire back from the new main beam (UW) wire in the engine bay once it's there, and in behind the dash to power it like that. Thought was to splice it into the wire that's on the bulb now as I'm not sure how to disconnect it from the bulb holder.. it seems like it might be soldered, which I could do with the new one I suppose..
I'm not fitting halogen lights so I don't think I need any relays.
Thoughts?
When I got the vehicle the wiring was bodged about a bit so all the front light wiring got removed at the same time as several spot lights.. wire wrapped around chassis and hanging from under steering wheel and so on. Trust me it wasn't worth trying to keep.
I've got a front lamps harness from autosparks and am ready to fit it. My foot switch is live on the input pin when the headlights are switched on, and the output pins for dip (UR) and main (UW) are each made live in turn as I toggle the foot switch. So far so good.
Now I think I just run wires from those pins out the footwell to join the loom in the engine bay and connect straight to my new lamps harness, right? They don't need to go anywhere else first?
At some point the feed to the main beam warning light has got lost. I've checked the bulb, it's fine and earthed. For this I was thinking about running a wire back from the new main beam (UW) wire in the engine bay once it's there, and in behind the dash to power it like that. Thought was to splice it into the wire that's on the bulb now as I'm not sure how to disconnect it from the bulb holder.. it seems like it might be soldered, which I could do with the new one I suppose..
I'm not fitting halogen lights so I don't think I need any relays.
Thoughts?
