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For all those great electric genius's....

Or anyone who has had the same problem ;)

I did a search but didn't find any clear answers. One mentoned some kind of relay.

My headlights don't work at all, unless I have the brights on. Obviously I need regular headlights because of how awsomely bright the brights are.

That is basically the only thing I have left to pass saftey. I can't figure it out for the life of me.

Also, this is for an 86 5.0, no specials like auto lamps or anything spiffy like that.

Oh an of course, thanks to all my freinds.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #1 –
i vote the multi funtion switch..  but! it's rare you could have two lowbeam bulbs that are bad..
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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #2 –
They come on with the bright switch, so I am going to say probably not...
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #3 –
hmm, where is this mystical multi-function switch. This is the only post I can find about it...
http://foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=10002&highlight=multifunction+switch
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #4 –
i forget if the earlyer cougars and T/birds use the same setups as the 87's & 88's

is your high beam switch on the same shaft/switch as your turn signals? if yes that is a multi funtion switch and yes if it's bad yes the low beams may not come on but the high beams will..

this used to happen to the old cars to with the high beam switch on the floor



Nick
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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #5 –
Sweet. Junk yard time tommorow. Thanks Nick.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #6 –


http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=MPE&PartNumber=DL6201SB&Description=Headlight+Dimmer+Switch


http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?UseCase=C001&UserAction=performMoreDetail&Parameters=TRUE%7C%7ETurn+Signal+Switch%7C%7ENONE%7C%7EWELLS%7C%7ENONE%7C%7EFALSE%7C%7EFALSE%7C%7E3145%7C%7E1058%7C%7EUDS432%7C%7ECombination+dimmer%2C+hazard+warning+%26+turn+signal++++++%0Aswitch%7C%7E%2426.99%7C%7EMercury%7C%7ECougar%7C%7E1986%7C%7ENONE%7C%7E0.77%7C%7ENONE%7C%7EB
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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz
 

For all those great electric genius's....

Reply #7 –
Check the bulbs first. Even though your outer lights come on with the high beams, there are two elements inside those bulbs. The low beam elements could be burned out and the high beams will still work.
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