The bulb will not light if it is not in its little "cage" which serves as a
ground. Make sure that the little fingers of this "cage" wrap around to make
contact with the casing of the bulb holder. Poor Lucas gets a bum rap when
99.9% of the time the problem is a bad ground.
Jason Dutt wrote:
> Have fun with this one:
>
> I replaced the cigarette lighter in my 72 B yesterday (trite, I know, but
> necessary to use the cell phone should disaster strike), and the Lucas gods
> taunted me. I can't seem to get the light to work. The lighter itself is
> fine, but no dice on the little light bulb. Here's what I did:
>
> First hooked the bulb and lead to the proper red and black wires...nothing
> happens. Checked the bulb and lead by hooking it to a 9V...it shines away.
> I then hooked the light and lead up to the purple and black wires from the
> map light (the purple wire that goes to the door switch). Mind you, these
> wires work fine with the map light. Unfortulately, the lighter bulb did
> not. Hook the wires back to where they belong for the map light, and it
> shines away. Hook them up to the lighter bulb and lead, nothing. What's
> the deal?
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