Fairmont High Beams Turn off in 5 minutes

Tiny
GOKOU135
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Hi guys, I have a fairmont from the 80-90's im pretty sure. I am not sure of the exact year. Anyway Whe I turn my high beams on they stay on fine for about 5 minutes then they just turn off for no reason. Then with every succesive attempt to keep them on they turn off sooner and sooner. It has a small oil leak, but other than that it has had no problems that would relate to this problem.

Thanks guys.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 AT 4:41 PM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

These early fords had a circuit breaker in the wiring, so if there was a problem the breaker would cut out, these were a thermal spring type so when they cooled they would re set, I would be checking for a short in the loom.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 AT 12:28 AM
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