Re: Needs some more brains on thins one....

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Check for good grounds to the sockets, sometimes the older clip in sockets don't get a good ground through the tail light housing and you have to rig a ground wire from the housing to the body.
Mark Price


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From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:14:11 -0500

>Try new bulbs in the tail lights. I had a similar problem in my 68 American
>and it was just a shorted bulb (actually, I had that problem several times
>and it was with the long life bulbs AutoZone carries -- I haven't had this
>problem with the regular bulbs). Also make sure that you check the ground 
>at each tail light housing to make sure it's good since bad grounds can
>cause all sorts of odd things to happen.
>
>Matt
>
>At 08:43 AM 2/13/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>Ok gang....I got a ³bug hunt² goin¹ on that I can¹t figure out...
>>
>>On my ?63....I noticed that when I turn on my blinkers....both right and
>>left work great on the front.  However, on the back....when I turn the
>>signal left OR right....only the right light goes on and it¹s VERY dim.
>>This is a new problem.....
>>
>>I¹ve checked my connections to the light and the harness that goes from the
>>left light over to the right and I recently replaced the fuse panel so I
>>know it¹s not shorting there.  The colors are correctly connected per the
>>wiring diagram and there¹s no bare wire that I can find.  Any ideas on where
>>else to look?
>>
>>T.
>
>mhaas@xxxxxxx
>Cincinnati, OH
>http://www.mattsoldcars.com
>1966 Rambler Rebel
>1967 Rambler American wagon
>1968 Rambler American sedan
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