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I just got a 1965 El Camino and the right tail light/stop/turn signal didn't work. The wiring was a mess, in fact the wiring for the sockets for the lower light bulb on both sides was missing. So, I ordered new rear and front wiring harnesses from NPD and installed the rear one tonight. Fit great and had the missing lower socket wiring and took just a few minutes to install. Almost all the plastic hanger tabs fit up with the holes which I figure is pretty good for an aftermarket harness.
I took my old style battery terminal wire brush along with electrical cleaner spray and cleaned out all the sockets so there would be good contact with the bulbs. Plugged in a new light switch and pulled it on and behold, only the left side comes on. A test light shows power to the socket wiring on the right side, but when I put it all back together and install new bulbs (and I have switch using 5 different new bulbs in each socket, including swapping with the left side bulbs), the left side doesn't work.
Is there some kind of ground wire running from the frame to the tail light housing? I can't figure where else I could be having a ground problem. Do the tail lights ground through the back-up lights or license plate lights? Grabbing for straws I know, but I am at my wits end.
Any thoughts?
Jay
Arizona
I took my old style battery terminal wire brush along with electrical cleaner spray and cleaned out all the sockets so there would be good contact with the bulbs. Plugged in a new light switch and pulled it on and behold, only the left side comes on. A test light shows power to the socket wiring on the right side, but when I put it all back together and install new bulbs (and I have switch using 5 different new bulbs in each socket, including swapping with the left side bulbs), the left side doesn't work.
Is there some kind of ground wire running from the frame to the tail light housing? I can't figure where else I could be having a ground problem. Do the tail lights ground through the back-up lights or license plate lights? Grabbing for straws I know, but I am at my wits end.
Any thoughts?
Jay
Arizona