Re: [AMC-list] electrical question

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Before you do anything else make sure all your body grounds have good connections.  Check the light sockets too.  Clean them and put some grease in the sockets to help prevent corrosion.  Then check your fuse panel.  Remove the glass fuses and make sure the ends are clean and the fuse holders clamp tightly to each fuse. Pinch them together before reinstalling each fuse if they are even slightly loose. Then test the cicuits again.  If you still have that problem it may be time to get out the multimeter and test light and determine if you have a bad switch.  

I just solved an electrical gremlin yesterday in my 77 Gremlin by doing some of the above.  In my case the turn signal fuse kept blowing whenever the brake light came on.  It's weird because the brake lights and turn signals are powered by different circuits (but of course they act on the same bulbs).  Good luck.

Joe Fulton


--- On Sun, 4/12/09, bikerfox <bikerfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: bikerfox <bikerfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] electrical question
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 8:40 AM
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Here's the problem:  '68 AMX with original
> headlight switch installed and directional turn signals work
> only when the headlight switch is in the off position.  When
> the headlight switch is set to the "park" position
> or the "on" position (when the headlights are on,
> and they do work) the turn signals fail to work.  Hazard
> flasher works fine.  Do I need to replace the headlight
> switch? If so, who makes the best repop switch?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve 
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