tail lights

[fl_bluebird_1983]

The lights work when you pull the knob up one click (parking lights)
but they don't when the switch is in the headlight position (tail
lights) SO I don't think it's a ground problem, but you are right
grounds are a problem alot of the time!

Thanks
Bruce Campbell
Clearwater, FL
83'FC 35 SB
"Blue Skies"

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, John Suter
wrote:
>
> Bruce,
>
> Try to connect an independent, temporary ground to
> the tail lights in order to rule out a ground problem
> early in the diagnosis. My experience has been, 9 out
> of 10 times, the ground has been at fault when I
> received otherwise confusing results.
>
> John Suter
> P.S. your yahoo account below, indicates no longer in
> service.
>
>
> --- fl_bluebird_1983
> wrote:
>
> > My tail lights quit working, so I started at the
> > breaker behind the
> > driver side headlight (breaker#6) I have power
> > leaving there. I
> > checked at the terminal block above the batterys and
> > it is dead
> > there, so I opened up the dash to get to the switch
> > and I have power
> > there. With the switch in the parking lights
> > position the dash lights
> > up green and the parking (tail)lights come on like
> > they should(2 of
> > the 4 tail lights). With the switch in the
> > headlights position the
> > headlights come on but no taillights, but the break
> > lights work fine.
> > My question how does it get from the switch to the
> > terminal block
> > above the batterys? Is there a relay or some other
> > fuse between the
> > switch and the terminal block. Also does anyone have
> > a wiring diagram
> > for the headlight switch. The switch has 6 wires
> > red= hot
> > green= hot
> > orange= headlights
> > blue= guage lights
> > black/orange= parking & green dash lights (crimped
> > together on same
> > lug)
> >
> > with this setup I'm not sure how you can turn on the
> > tail lights
> > without using the orange from the headlights,
> > because the
> > black/orange wires are dead when the switch is in
> > the headlight
> > position. Otherwise
> > the dash would be glowing green anytime the
> > headlights were on, but
> > that would turn on the tail lights
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bruce Campbell
> > Clearwater, FL
> > 83'FC 35 SB
> > "Blue Skies"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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