I've seen numerous wiring diagrams, etc, but I have not seen pictures documenting some of the key points of the headlight wiring on the 86GT's.
Does anyone have good pictures of what the headlight wiring looks like as it goes from the switch to the lights on the 1986GT ? Specifically where it branches out from the single lead inside the car to the wires required to feed the four eyes.
Back when I had the dreaded headlamp flickering with random on/off with my 1986 GT. It got bad enough that it even did it on low beam. I was forced to do a roadside repair. I was able to trace the wires for the low beams and cut into them and proceeded to add in a relay and home run to the solenoid right on the roadside in a matter of about 10 minutes ..... and I had a sleeping little guy with me in the back seat.
Fast forward nearly 20 years later and frankly I don't remember a whole lot about where I found the wire that came from the switch for the low-beams, but I know I added a relay there and ran a hot lead from the battery to the relay then reused the wires going to the headlights.
The advantage of carrying an emergency spare starter relay I suppose.....
We noticed with both my car and my son's 86GT both idling at night with the headlamps on is just how much brighter the lowbeams are in my car than his. It got us thinking -- its probably time to tackle doing the headlight relay thing fully on both cars in the most cost effective and clean manner possible.
We'll probably also do some stuff to make the side marker lights indicate turning as a safety oriented change as well.
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