Checked all the grounds, George. Even ran a wire directly from the
battery to the light to ensure a good ground. Didn't help! I am stumped.
Lin
On Aug 23, 2007, at 11:25 AM, George Haywood wrote:
> Lin,
>
> I had the same problem when I wired up my lights in May after a
> complete
> restoration with a brand new wiring harness. One other symptom
> present was
> that both rt. and lt. turn lights came on at the same time, one
> brighter
> than the other but both still dim. With the head lights off both turn
> signals were bright. The answer was an improper ground. I had not
> attached
> the black wires in the trunk to the rear hoop. One screw into each
> side of
> the hoop with the ground wires attached did the trick. I am
> assumming that
> your two grounding straps (one at the battery cut off switch and
> the other
> from the starter I believe to the frame) are properly attached. I
> hope your
> problem is as simple as that.
>
> Take care,
>
> George Haywood
> '65 bj8 (driving and very near completion)
>
>
>
>> From: linwood rose <linwoodrose@mac.com>
>> To: Healeys@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Healeys] turn signals and tail lights
>> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:59:30 -0400
>>
>> Earlier in my restoration I thought I had sorted this problem out,
>> but tonight it has come back to haunt me again. I have just installed
>> my newly painted rear shroud and I was installing and hooking up the
>> tail lights. By the way, getting those chrome trim rings to fit
>> inside the rubber housing was a real pain!
>>
>> Here is the situation: All components are new( flasher canister,
>> relay (electronic variety, not the original coils), lights and
>> bulbs). If lights are off and turn signal is activated, both left and
>> right tail lights operate perfectly. If I turn the driving lights on,
>> the turn signal in both lights is barely perceptible. I have
>> carefully checked my ground connections throughout the car, and
>> removed fresh paint where ground connections are to be made, but it
>> doesn't seem to have affected this issue. If a faulty ground was the
>> problem wouldn't the flashing signals have failed when the running
>> lights were off also?
>>
>> I would appreciate any suggestions that I might try to solve this
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Lin
>> 1960 BT7 in restoration
>> 1959 Bugeye
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