Re: [AMC-list] Chasing Those Little e's

[wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

So true. 
Oh, APD has the gaskets for most 60's AMCs. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Graham, George W (GE Infra, Energy)" <george.graham@xxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:48:29 
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Chasing Those Little e's


Regarding the tail lights; they have a weird grounding circuit.  The
juice flow is very dependant on those little metal sleeves in the lens
screw holes.   The ground flow is from socket to housing to lense screw
hole sleeve to lens/housing mount screw to body.  If your car has
replacement lenses without those metal screw hole sleeves, its almost
impossible to get a good ground.  Best thing to do is add a ground wire
from the light housing body to the car body.

George Graham
AMC of Houston

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Fulton [mailto:piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:52 PM
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AMC-list] Chasing Those Little e's


I finally got the instrument panel put back together on the 65 Rambler
last weekend and am trying to fight through the owner's remorse and just
finish the car and drive it.

I put the battery in tonight and only the right tail light works.  I had
cleaned the sockets and installed new bulbs before I re-installed the
fixtures but the left socket is dead.  Juice is getting to the connector
so it looks like I'll need a replacement socket.  Anyone parting out a
64 or 65 American. I had sealed the lens to the socket with blue RTV and
it was tight enough that I broke the lens too. Should used clear silly
cone I guess.  Bummer.

The engine cranked over with the ignition switch for the first time
tonight.  I didn't start it, but it was good to see it crank. I had
always used my remote starter switch when I was putting things together
back under the hood.

The headlights don't work, but I suspect the dimmer switch is bad.  The
car was very damp inside while in storage and had surface rust on the
dash and plenty of corroded connections.  I already replaced the
headlight switch because the old one had green corrosion on all the
contacts and would have been a bear to clean.  

Tomorrow I will check out the dimmer switch and wiring.  I found out the
headlight sockets were too brittle to use tonight too.  My sharp pointed
circuit tester makes a good finger prick.  I have quit asking what else
can go bad, because I think I know the answer.  I ordered replacement
sockets online from some discount place in Chicago (not JCW) and they
are supposed to be OEM Borg Warner parts.   NAPA doesn't list them. 

Joe Fulton

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