Okay,
nobody wins a cookie for diagnosing my non-running tail lights, but Brian
(see below) comes the closest.
I followed what he had below, but FOUND power thru the G/W wire, took out
the light switch, verified continuity from the soldered connection to the
plug, dismantled it, and made sure all contacts were OK.
Maybe I have brought something else into the equation. Concurrently with
the onset of this, I installed a Grant steering wheel, and now my horn
wiring is fully functioning. But, I am wondering if the cosmetic black
sheet metal 'cuff' that they give you is not cobbling up some connection. (I
would think not, else the horn would blow, and the high beams are not
related to tail running lights)
Still confounded, but thanks for everyones help.
Fergus O
69 2000
the situation: all tail lights work fine until headlights are turned on,
then tail running lights and dash gauge lights do not work, and high beam
light on dash is always on. Oh yah, and the high beam switch doesn't switch
them to high anymore, it just leaves them the same on both settings. (I am
not positive but I think this worked before the new steering wheel... hmmmm)
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:30:58 -0500
From: "Brian Hollands" <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>
Subject: RE: no tail running lights
If the red main beam light on the speedo comes on, you've got power to the
light switch. next thing to check is if you've got power coming out of the
switch. There should be a Green/White wire coming out of the switch which
provides power to both the taillights and the dash lights. That's your
suspect. put the switch in an on position. If you've got a volt meter just
put the probe on the GW wire's terminal on the switch and see if you've got
voltage. Likely that you don't. If you don't it's the switch. If you
don't have a volt meter, you can bypass the switch by contacting the GW wire
to the (should be) Red. The diagram that Gordon has posted on his web site
is different and shows the GW as being the power to the switch but that
diagram doesn't show any wire going from the switch to the dash lights/or
tail lights
Let me know if your wires don't match what I've described and I'll take a
look at my switch tonight (also a 69 2000)
Brian
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