How do I fix my headlight light on my 1973 VW Super Beetle?

I bought a new headlight and put it on and it still does not work, I also checked the fuses. What could be wrong?How do I fix my headlight light on my 1973 VW Super Beetle?Make sure you are getting voltage to the connector. If not start tracing the wires back to the headlight switch and probe as you go to find a break in the wire. Let me back track first though. Check to see if you have voltage into the headlight switch and out of the switch. If you have voltage in but not out the switch is bad. If you have voltage in and out then you need to trace that wire down and find your short.How do I fix my headlight light on my 1973 VW Super Beetle?The headlights, tail lights and brake lights should all be on SEPARATE fuses for R %26amp; L. This was done purposely so that you wouldn't loose both headlamps / tail lamps in the case of a blown fuse.



If your tail lamp is still working on that side, then I believe that would rule out a fuse issue.



As stated above, start with checking for voltage at the headlamp connector. there are 3 wires - one for low beam, one for high beam, and one earth. Also check for continuity to earth (the brown wire).

Does the high beam come on? Or is it dead for both L/H?



Sometimes when you push the connector onto the back of the lamp, you can snag one of the female spades inside and it will get pushed back out of the connector assembly, not making contact.How do I fix my headlight light on my 1973 VW Super Beetle?The vw dub was famous for lousy fuze's. I would always have to make sure both sides of where the fuse was gong to be sitting was brightly polished. Then the fuse had to be clean and polished, then I compressed the fuse holder so the fuse would get a better contact. This said, next thing was to find a schematic and trace the wiring. Both headlights should be on the same fuse. I drove a vw back from Florida to Virginia a couple years ago, it got night and I turned on my lights and only got the brights, needless to say, I was rather scared a cop would catch me the last 100 miles of the trip. But as I read your question again it sounds like a faulty ground. You could take the working headlight and run that power over to the headlight that doesn't work and make sure you have a good ground and you see it work. Choose a different ground than what vw has chosen, because rust takes over and the ground goes bad. be interested to know the outcome. buy a good schmatic of the vw. I had to work with the wiring diagram in one hand and the wires in the other hand. its not a tough diagram. it was funHow do I fix my headlight light on my 1973 VW Super Beetle?
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