95 dodge dakota head light issues

[dakota]

i have a 95 dodge dakota and the head lights will go on and off at nite if it is ran for a about 10-15 miles i have replace the the light switch and the plug in on the switch and i just replaced the dimmer switch and it still does it.....if i kick the high beams on they will shut off to. i have checked all the wires that run to the head lights and the head lights and i dont know what else to do to fix this problem so if any body has any ideas please let me know...thanks

[ellis93]

Sounds to me there is a loose connection some were. Try leaving the lights on with the motor running, parked. By doing this, gives you the opportunity to feel around the light harness to find what's hot. If you still can't find it, put the head lights on relays.

[dakota]

what exactly do you mean by puting them on a relay?

[ellis93]

Well you use the wire that powers the lights originaly to turn on the relay. The relay then takes power from the battery then sends it to the lights. You basicly pull all the load off of the factory switches. Here is a link that may help explain it further, but is for the full size first gen. http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/ ... p?t=176263

[dakota]

i dont think its in the switch though because when the start going on and off my marker lights and dash lights stay on and dont flicker

[ellis93]

Park and dash lights stay on with the first gens as well. Turn your lights on and leave it you'll find the hot spot.

[dakota]

we checked all of the wires and fuses and every thing we can think of and none of the wires get hot but the truck does have 219,000 miles on so i think its just gettin to old