Fog Lights

[87targa]

Alright guys. I replaced my fog lights (light bulbs) today. i installed them correctly. i turn on my headlights and switch the fog light switch. But the fog lights do not work. um.... before i changed the lights, only my right light worked because my left one was burned out. now after i changed both light bulbs, non of them works. i check my relay and it works, and also check my fuse and it's not blown. could it be a bad ground somewhere?

fog lights used:

sylvania H3 55w

 

[ForcedTorque]

Try putting the known good one back in to be sure something works. If so, I'd bet the box of bulbs you bought from got dropped or something

 

[chriso]

Make sure the light properly grounds flush with the holder when you put it in and the spring clip is tight. Also, make sure that there isn't any rust on the seating surface of the bulb base that would inhibit the contact.

 

[89Turbo]

did you get your greasy mitts all over the glass part?

 

[87targa]

i'll check what everyone has said later today.

no i didn't touch the glass part of the bulb.

 

[87targa]

ok, the old bulb does not work at all either. i used a voltmeter on the plugs for the foglights and i don't have any volts.

what now?

 

[BorHor]

Make sure the light properly grounds flush with the holder when you put it in and the spring clip is tight. Also, make sure that there isn't any rust on the seating surface of the bulb base that would inhibit the contact.

:biglaugh: Good times.

There is a connector behind the foglight holder check if it is connected.

 

[87targa]

the white connector? at the end of the wire? if so, it's plugged in.

 

[Clip]

there are two, if i remember right. course, i might not remember right, but i thought i remembered they weren't equal length plugs.

 

[87targa]

well, there's a male and female one for each fog light. there are two wires off the foglight assembly (power/ground) and they end at a white male connector. from there there's a white female connector.

the connector is connected.

 

[Clip]

hm, any chance they switched plugs from 87-89? maybe thats where i'm confused.

 

[Wills7MGTE]

Thats wierdest thing on fogs I have heard to date.

 

[johnathan1]

lol...our Supra's are like the same...except my dome lights worked, and then suddenly stopped, my fogs also worked, and right when I installed yellow bulbs, they worked for two days, then stopped, and now they keep blowing fuses...ugh...I HATE electronics/wiring.

 

[bigunitpitcher22]

the connector is connected.

Good :biglaugh:

 

[Steve_N]

well, there's a male and female one for each fog light. there are two wires off the foglight assembly (power/ground) and they end at a white male connector. from there there's a white female connector.

the connector is connected.

There is also a black connector for the ground wire. Kinda tricky to get to & hard to see. Make sure that is connected.

 

[87targa]

ok the wiring is like this on mine (with bulb in place and clipped down).

a black wire which is connected to the fog light assembly, and another wire (red i think or some other color. i can't remember the color) which is connected to the white wire coming from the bulb. from there, both those wires end at a white male plug. that white male plug is plugged into the white female plug. after that the wires disappear into the car somewhere. supposedly one goes to the relay and fuse and the other is grounded.

 

[Clip]

There is also a black connector for the ground wire. Kinda tricky to get to & hard to see. Make sure that is connected.

aha, im not crazy!

 

[87targa]

Fixed it.

 

[CRE]

Fixed it.

And the problem was?

 

[87targa]

the foglight switch. the plug on the back wasn't clipped down all the way.