headlight not lighting

[denisg1973]

hi 99 mini when I turn on lights driver side head and dim not working , also indicator lights faint , checked earths fuses and wiring loom to light also under wing , but no joy , then it decided to work and stop again , any ideas , passenger side is fine high and low beam

[macker]

bullet connectors?, freyed cable?
don't know really, their's not too much to check once their is power going to the lights from the board

[woody]

sounds like an earth problem, Earth is located behind the expansion bottle, there are 6 spades into one lug. Its worth dismantaling the earth lug and cleaning it out.

[denisg1973]

sound thanks was that I found it yesterday , all seem to work again now, any good replacement brake light switchs around sick of buyin lucas ones they keep falling apart as cold air feed hits them sometines

[woody]

I think the ones I use are intermotor from the local motor factor.