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Mr. Lucas came to town today....

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...but I sent him home.
Had the drivers low beam go out at the end of last summer. So, I ordered a new one thinking it was the bulb.
Today I install the new bulb and what do I find? The low beam is still not working. I put my meter on the original and it tests fine.....hummmmm.
I go under the dash to check the connectors from the dip switch and all is fine....hummmm
My next stop was under the front of the car where there is a common connector for both low beams with the power going into one end and the other end feeds each light. I removed the drivers low beam feed wire, clean it and voila!
Stay home Mr. Lucas
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It's a wonder you got it to work again so easily after letting all the Lucas smoke to escape. Did you need to add more new smoke to ensure it won't happen with the other light ?
 

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Don Elliott said:
It's a wonder you got it to work again so easily after letting all the Lucas smoke to escape. Did you need to add more new smoke to ensure it won't happen with the other light ?
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Not a problem. I ordered some spare Lucas smoke from Moss and aleady had it here.
It came in two colors: Black smoke for daytime, and white smoke for nighttime; I got both.
 
It'll ALWAYS be the connectors. Or a ground lead. :thumbsup:
 
Booley - That's how all Lucas systems function. There are no conducting electrons moving in a Lucas system. It's the smoke that causes to electricity to move inside the wires, not the copper wiring. Whenever you burn something out or blow a fuse and you see the wiring harness smoking, that's the smoke which is escaping and since there is no more smoke inside the harness, then the lights etc. stop working.

Now you know the rest of the story.
 
That 530433 smoke comes from the UK and has too much London fog in it! That's where Mr. Lucas made his mistake. I get the American made stuff and it's clearer. Only thing is, it smells like Grand Central Station, if you can figure that one out. :jester:
 
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