Jeff, I had the same probelm when I got my car. Most of the lights did not
work. Only 2 were bad bulbs, the rest were either the lamp contact or the
grounding holders. I cleaned then up like Dean and also since they are springy
metal, bent the ones that were not so good to the touch, so they made a tighter
fit and that cured the problem. Again this was a 1500 BTW.
Alan
Original Message:
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From: Dean Dashwood Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:02:15 +0100
Subject: Re: Back-up lamp wiring access ?
Jeff,
I'm speaking from the point of view of my 1500 now, so I don't know how
different this will be to your car. My lamps do not have a ground wire, they
simply ground through the lighting assembly. When I've had similar problems in
the past, I've usually been able to fix them by taking some coarse sandpaper and
rubbing down all the components that form the ground (inside of the bulb holder,
"legs" of the bulb holder, the area of the lighting assembly where the bulb
holder sits, etc.)
Having said that, I did once find one that I couldn't fix this way (a rear
indicator). I ordered a new bulb holder (I think it was from John Kippings, but
wouldn't swear to it) which did have connections for a ground wire. (Very
inconvenient - I had to find another ground wire and splice it to connect it.)
If the bulb holders you've got have two electrical connections on them, it could
be that this is what you're looking at. If it seems to be a wire that's the
problem, you might need to cut out and replace a section of that wire.
The boot that you refer to - if it's on the bult holder, then yes it does pop
off easily. But I suspect you're looking at something different which I don't
have on my car, because the thing I'm thinking of is so simple that I shouldn't
think you'd need to ask...
Dean
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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:37:12 -0700
From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Subject: Back-up lamp wiring access ?
Hello all. One of my back-up lights has what I suspect is a loose ground,
because I can get it to work if I wiggle the wire. I want to fix this, but
don't know how to access the area where the ground wire attaches. There
seems to be a rubber boot that the wire enters which is in my way. Does
this just pop off, or what?
TIA
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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