Headlight problems- ’93 306

Just bought a 306, year 1993 but cant get the headlights working. The
sidelights come on fine, but when i turn on the dips, nothing happens.
Have checked all the fuses, has anyone experienced this problem
before? The bulbs are fine too checked them also...

 

I seem to remember that ,on an early 405 I had, the headlights only operated
when the ignition was on.

 

I'm not sure this is the case on the 306. Our's is out at the moment, but it
should be fitted with the dim-dip system, where the dip comes on dimmed when
in sidelight position, and the ignition is on.
Your problem could be something to do with this. There is a little alloy
cylender somewhere on the LH behind the rad, which is the ballast resistor,
and there is a relay in the circuit too.

 

Check the earth connections.

 

The diagnostic for this problem is to check if the headlights work on
full beam but not dipped.

In my 94 306 the resistor pack was behind the n/s headlight and it
failed mid journey between London and Scotland. I got a garage to
remove it and wire it so that the state or the lights were controlled
by the switch rather than the relay and resistor.

If it helps, this is the relevant part of the diagram .
http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/temp/dim-dip.gif