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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 05:54 AM
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So, I took apart and changed my rear leafsprings. I also changed my headlights. Problem is... the passenger side low beam won't work. I checked all the fuses with a continuity tester. All good.

Is there a relay? Possible dirty ground? Could there be any connection to my rear inside interior light not working?

Any help appreciated.
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 06:38 AM
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Facing the plug low beam is on the top, high beam is on the left, ground is on the right.
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 07:06 AM
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Conceivably, if my highs work, my ground should be good, yeah? Any specific wires I should look at? Body grounds?
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 07:09 AM
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Check for voltage at the low beam terminal with a meter.
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 12:46 PM
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Did it work on the old headlight? If so, possibly the new bulb is bad or maybe the terminal got pushed out of the plastic when the new one was installed, or a wire got broken off? I would take the pass side apart again and check with a known good bulb.
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 01:40 PM
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Nope. Switched bulbs side to side. No joy.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something simple. Guess it's time to start tracing wires. Thx guys!
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 03:02 PM
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So... it turns out that I'm just an idiot....

I rechecked the fuses. All good. I switched the headlights side to side. Instead of low beam not working, this time it was the high beam out. Wiggle wiggle wiggle, and it turns out to be a loose wire in the connection. All fixed. Thanks for the help yall.
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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 03:05 PM
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Experiencing the exact same issue with a buddy's '98 XJ. We haven't dove too deep into it yet. But we swapped bulbs with no results. Also the low beam terminal is seeing 12v (jeep not running). Once I get it figured out I will follow up.

EDIT: Glad you got it figured out. Hoping to for an easy fix as well.
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 12:28 PM
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So... this morning, go to leave for work.... driverside taillight's weak and twittering! Never heard of so many issues from changing some leaf springs!
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 08:06 PM
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I had a problem like this. It was one of these two problems, the headlight power switch, or the high beam dimmer switch. This was on a 93 wrangler though. I wanna say it was the dimmer switch though.
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