240 headlight wireing help

Bishop242 · 03-18-2012, 01:26 AM

hey any of you know any thing about the wiring for the headlights?

i just put single rounds in my 245 (had quad rectangles) but have the bulb out light on all the time now and no high beams.....

any info would be of much help thanks

and yes i looked and am still looking on here for previous threads but no luck

TrickMick · 03-18-2012, 10:38 AM

1) do you have appropriate wiring diagrammes?
2) WHAT YEAR is the 245 (this info REALLY helps us help YOU...
3) and *YES* most of the crew here "knows anything/something" about wiring headlamps....

Bishop242 · 03-18-2012, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrickMick

1) do you have appropriate wiring diagrammes?
2) WHAT YEAR is the 245 (this info REALLY helps us help YOU...
3) and *YES* most of the crew here "knows anything/something" about wiring headlamps....

i have the basic books with the basic diagrams

mine is a 1983 245Ti GLT

TrickMick · 03-18-2012, 05:34 PM

one GROUND per lamp
one LO BEAM POWER per lamp
on HIGH BEAM POWER per lamp
use the ORIGINAL *ROUND LAMP CONNECTORS" (or go to NAPA etc and get
a pair of NEW ones)
with a test lamp and the wires laid out where you can see them - pick ONE OF EACH
(as listed above and hook them up)
tape over any remaining "open" terminals to precloude 'lektrikal shorts

I'm NOT trying to be a prick here - rather I'm asking YOU to "decipher" the wiring diagram
for YOUR CAR so that if "faecal matter strikes the air circulation device" you'll be able to
fix it properly - in the dark - in the rain - alone - on a deserted road - with nowt but a pocket
knife and some duct tape (or cable ties).....

Bishop242 · 03-18-2012, 05:57 PM

when i pulled the headlight and there buckets from the parts car at the yard i got them from i got there connectors with them, i matched up the wires from my car to the colors on the ones from the yard so my connectors and the salvaged ones match. result low beams only....

could it be a relay?

deciphering it is not my issue, as thats what i did to get this far but with the diagrams i can find its not much help

i have done or been apart of all work on this car from when we got it tell now.

im fighting with many other things on the car also so im alittle spread out....

TrickMick · 03-18-2012, 06:45 PM

the colour code remains the same :
BLUE is LOW BEAM
RED is HIGH BEAM
BLACK is EARTH
pull your power and make the ground using the OUTER SOCKETS on YOUR car
which *SHOULD BE* "three terminal sockets"
(tape off the INNER *two wire* connector which is the "original HIGH BEAM ONLY bulb")

TP30808-1 is the GREENBOOK that has the diagrams you require starting on page 43
or there'bouts

03-18-2012, 01:26 AM	#1
Bishop242 Board Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portland, OR	headlight wireing help hey any of you know any thing about the wiring for the headlights? i just put single rounds in my 245 (had quad rectangles) but have the bulb out light on all the time now and no high beams..... any info would be of much help thanks and yes i looked and am still looking on here for previous threads but no luck

03-18-2012, 10:38 AM	#2
TrickMick Board Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: norte carolina	1) do you have appropriate wiring diagrammes? 2) WHAT YEAR is the 245 (this info REALLY helps us help YOU... 3) and YES most of the crew here "knows anything/something" about wiring headlamps.... __________________ In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

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03-18-2012, 05:34 PM	#4
TrickMick Board Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: norte carolina	one GROUND per lamp one LO BEAM POWER per lamp on HIGH BEAM POWER per lamp use the ORIGINAL *ROUND LAMP CONNECTORS" (or go to NAPA etc and get a pair of NEW ones) with a test lamp and the wires laid out where you can see them - pick ONE OF EACH (as listed above and hook them up) tape over any remaining "open" terminals to precloude 'lektrikal shorts I'm NOT trying to be a prick here - rather I'm asking YOU to "decipher" the wiring diagram for YOUR CAR so that if "faecal matter strikes the air circulation device" you'll be able to fix it properly - in the dark - in the rain - alone - on a deserted road - with nowt but a pocket knife and some duct tape (or cable ties).....

03-18-2012, 05:57 PM	#5
Bishop242 Board Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portland, OR	when i pulled the headlight and there buckets from the parts car at the yard i got them from i got there connectors with them, i matched up the wires from my car to the colors on the ones from the yard so my connectors and the salvaged ones match. result low beams only.... could it be a relay? deciphering it is not my issue, as thats what i did to get this far but with the diagrams i can find its not much help i have done or been apart of all work on this car from when we got it tell now. im fighting with many other things on the car also so im alittle spread out....

03-18-2012, 06:45 PM	#6
TrickMick Board Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: norte carolina	the colour code remains the same : BLUE is LOW BEAM RED is HIGH BEAM BLACK is EARTH pull your power and make the ground using the OUTER SOCKETS on YOUR car which SHOULD BE "three terminal sockets" (tape off the INNER two wire connector which is the "original HIGH BEAM ONLY bulb") TP30808-1 is the GREENBOOK that has the diagrams you require starting on page 43 or there'bouts