BobMGT@aol.com wrote:
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> My license plate lights have never worked since I bought my B. Today I did a
> little troubleshooting and discovered that the bumper was not grounded. This
> astonished me, as the bumper feels good and solid. I tried tightening a few of
> the bolts but they were already good and tight. I finally gave up and used a
> wire to connect the bumper to ground. Anyone care to speculate how the bumper
> could be bolted to the body without making electrical contact? (Actually my
> meter said there was about a hundred ohms, but this was not low enough to
> light up the bulbs.)
When I restored my B with new paint, bumper irons and bumpers the number plate
lights
didn't work. I opted to make up a couple of ground wires connected to the lamp
housing bolts inside the overiders and taken through to the grounding point in
the boot.
PaulH.
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