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Re: Trunk light

To: SamuelsMA@aol.com, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Trunk light
From: Todd Bermudez <red_tr250@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
Michael,

TRy turning the lights on & then open the trunk
lid...see if the light is on...I believe they're made
that way...why??

Todd Bermudez
CD198L
CF25768UO

--- SamuelsMA@aol.com wrote:

> I noticed that my trunk light does not light up when
> the lid is  opened.  The 
> bulb and fuse are fine.  I removed the inner panels
> from  the trunk and 
> figured out how the mechanism works:  There is a pin
> switch  (plunger) which pops 
> out when the lid is opened because pressure from the
> hinge  is released.  That 
> must provide a ground for the circuit.  This is a 
> purple wire.  I found the 
> red wire which supplies power to the circuit and  it
> has no power according to 
> my test light.
>  
> Where does that red wire come from, and what is the
> most practical way to  
> trace it back to wherever the problem is?  The
> Haynes manual doesn't have  much 
> in this area.
>  
> Thanks in advance.
>  
> Michael
> '76 Tahiti Blue
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