Tri Z now only has headlight with switch on LO no HI beam???

[Darius1502]

I started my Tri Z project for the first time tonite....I poured some gas and oil down the cylnder and it fired on the first kick!

The headlight was working on both low and high beam. I was trying to change my on/off switch to a new one I bought and I accidently pulled a wire from the plug housing. (Meaning I pulled the actually wire from the plug housing so that the brass wire was showing but the male and female plugs were still attached.) The trike was off when this happened. It was the black wire on the right headlamp.

I put the wire back in the housing and then made sure the male end of the housing was still attached to the female part. I started it and the high and low beams both worked.

After it ran for a bit the high beams went out. I put the wire back in the housing (by bending the plug and clamping the wire in the male part of the plug since it pulled out). The high beams still did not work PLUS my tail light was out.

What gives???

I then realized that I needed to change the tail light because it was burned out. Interestly, it was working earlier tonite. It seems like right when it went out the high beams stoped working.

Now only the Low beams work. I checked and rechecked all connections and everything is secure. I even put in a new light and on/off switch new from the factory and the same result.

Could it be that when the tail light goes out the high beams go out too??

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

it sounds like mabe you got your tailight hooked up to your high beam cable somehow, or maybe your ground wire for the tail light isnt properly attached

[mike from long island]

just unplug the taillight and try i dont think the taillight has anything to do with it. you never know though. i dont run a taillight on my Z and the headlights work fine. i have another on/off/run switch for sale if you want pm me thanks mike

[Darius1502]

I will try that. I think I just lost the LO beam as well. I know what happened last night. For each headlight there are 3 wires: a black one, a yellow one, and a green one. I accidently unplugged the black one while the headlights were on. IT was the left side headlamp black wire and now they both don't work.

I did the same thing tonite...stupidly and now the low beam does not work.

HELP..............Is there some part that burned out...like a little regulator?