Bright beam headlight has power but no light

mellor21

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I have a weird problem.

TL;DR - Have power to the headlight connector but the headlight still won't light up, even though it lights from the other side's connector

I tried to replace my high beam on my 01 WS6. The socket that my driver's side high beam connects to was really corroded so I sprayed some pb blaster in it to clean it up a bit. Tried the new headlight and it didn't work, so I tested the headlight on the passenger side's socket and it lit up. So the bulb is good. I checked the corroded socket with a voltmeter and it had power.. but the headlight won't work when plugged in to it. I figured it had to be something to do with the corrosion in the socket so I cut the wires going in to it and checked them on it and it still won't light. I rechecked the wires with the voltmeter, still had power, and rechecked the bulb with the passenger side's socket, still lit up.

I'm at my wit's end. I figure there's something simple here that I'm missing, but I can't figure it out. Can anyone help?
 
You have no ground from the socket to the frame, again probably something corroded.
 
Don't know the age of the 'bird, but if it's a new one, the lights are very sensitive, doesn't take much to keep them from working.
 
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