My wife's 78 Leone's headlights stopped working suddenly. The fusible links are good, but for some reason there is no power at the fuse panel. The top 3 fuses have no power coming into them. I have the manual but it's sparse and doesnt tell me where the power goes after the fusible links. Naturally, there is no power at the switch either.

 

Is there a load reduction relay that could be bad or something else in between? I have been trying to figure this out for months. We live way in the country and no one around here works on Subarus, especially early ones.

 

Please help so my wife can drive her beloved car!

My wife's 78 Leone's headlights stopped working suddenly. The fusible links are good, but for some reason there is no power at the fuse panel. The top 3 fuses have no power coming into them. I have the manual but it's sparse and doesnt tell me where the power goes after the fusible links. Naturally, there is no power at the switch either.

 

Is there a load reduction relay that could be bad or something else in between? I have been trying to figure this out for months. We live way in the country and no one around here works on Subarus, especially early ones.

 

Please help so my wife can drive her beloved car!

 

This question was just asked in the last couple days and I answered it. Its a very common issue on the gen 1s to have a failure in the main power wire from the battery to the headlight switch.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=117594