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RH head light not working, parkers and hi beam are ok. Replaced the bulb and no probs, checked the fuse in the engine bay and alls ok.

Had the timing belt replaced just before it went, could that have cause it somehow in the dismantling and reasembling?

if its a r32 ..it will be the dash switch

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the switch where you turn them on. they have a habit of doing this. they only turn 1 light on at a time. left then right. get a new switch and all should be fine, unless the new switch is dead too.

I have the same problem as mentioned here with my 94 BNR32 - the drivers side light isn´t working. When I bought the car it worked sometimes, later on it wouldn´t work at all.

High beam etc. are OK.

What´s weird about it, if you check with a multimeter WITHOUT a bulb connected, you get +12V. As soon as you connect the bulb, voltage drops to 0V...

So could this be the switch as well, or something else?

We removed all the wiring stuff and tried to find out where the cables are going etc., but since the color markings are different throughout the car it´s almost impossible to find out where to search for a broken cable etc.

Any ideas`?

i had to help solve a problem like this in a 180sx on saturday. we tried pulling the switch out and it was working ok. we were getting power to the bulb but it would work. then we made a new earth for it and it worked. the standard earth was crappy and wasn't letting enough power out to let the light turn on.

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