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Re: Headlamp Flashing (Stupid Question)
DG wrote:
Fitzy73 wrote:
With my D4, I assumed it was the push pull method, however mine seems to do both unless I am very gentle with the stalk and being an angry sole behind the wheel that doesn't happen very often.
The best way to test this is to go to an isolated car park at night and flash your lights a few times
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14th Jun 2015 1:32 pm
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We are on page 2 of drivel and all because the predictive text got its lines crossed.... Stew,
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14th Jun 2015 4:30 pm
Fitzy73
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I know
And I still haven't really worked out yet whether the stalk is faulty or not.
It will probably be cheaper to go for anger management sessions before buying a new one! Andy
14th Jun 2015 5:24 pm
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I may be green around the gills, but the D4 stalk should only lock forward and the high beam should not stick on when pulling it back.
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Mine does the same - flash your lights, then later the auto lights come on and your on full beam. haven't been bothered to work out why it does it, maybe the spring action is too strong and on occasion can pull the stalk past the off position and into the on position?
19th Jun 2015 12:20 pm
Fitzy73
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Glad I am not alone, as starting to think I must be imaging it and somehow pushing the stalk back after flashing the headlights.
I have got as far as finding out a new stalk is just under £150 from Duckworths, but it needs to go in for some warranty work, so might be able to get it done via that.Andy
19th Jun 2015 12:27 pm
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Re: Headlamp Flashing (Stupid Question)
Fitzy73 wrote:
... pulling it towards the steering wheel with a little more force and rather than flashing the lights this makes them stay on main beam (if the lights were already on)
The technical term for pulling a switch the same way to switch it on and then to switch it off (like the cord on the bathroom light) is TOGGLE. Toggle on and toggle off.
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19th Jun 2015 8:39 pm
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Andy
19th Jun 2015 8:41 pm
Dickbrowne
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Possibly a daft and obvious reply - do you have auto main beam turned on? Reading through your posts it looks like you flash the lights and later, when the auto-lights come on, they are on main beam.
On my MY10, I toggle the auto main beam using as pull of the lever back toward the wheel.
Just a thought and, in the spirit on the silliness, I'll now get back on my perch.
30th Jun 2015 6:40 pm
Fitzy73
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Cod thinking, but after the auto lights on my previous car being carp, I have never even bothered to try them in the Discovery.Andy
30th Jun 2015 7:24 pm
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Pollacks
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These puns are just a load of carp!!
3rd Jul 2015 5:43 am
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'Carp' was used already so you will be fined 2 street cred points.
Now get back in the shoal. Stew,
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3rd Jul 2015 5:51 am
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Must read the thread properly. In my mitigation haven't had my coffee.
In shoal do I have to do lings?
3rd Jul 2015 6:10 am
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I am really floundering now with all these puns and likely to snap soon.Andy
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stalk is faulty or not.
