At 08:07 AM 10/12/96 -0400, PVANDAL@aol.com wrote:
>The car is a '62 AH 3000, it underwent a 5 yr ground up restoration including
>a new wiring harness, bulb sockets, bulbs, with all areas highly detailed,
>etc. ALL grounds passed a continuity test. Two years ago when the wiring
>was completed, all circuits worked fine. The previous post related to the
>brake lights resulted in a broken wire at the switch, however a gremlin still
>exists as follows:
> 1.) The directional signals work fine when the parking or headlights are
>OFF.
> 2.) When the parking lights are turned on the right front and left rear
>are dim,
> while the left front and right rear appear excessively bright.
> 3.) With the parking lights turned on, only the right front and left
>rear (the dim
> lights) operate with directional functions.
>Some thoughts I have are as follows:
> 1.) Faulty headlight switch
> 2.) Faulty flasher unit
> 3.) Faulty flasher relay (that expensive unit with 9 wires attached
>located in a
> nearly inaccessable spot)
>Again thanks in advance..................
>
It sounds like a bad ground to me. Take all the bulbs out and then do
a continuity test on the ground wire to the battery post.
Sam Haynes 59 TR3 Original Owner>
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