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..................
Check all of the bulbs. Take each one out and replace it with a known
good one. In an extreme case, replace them all. If it's not the bulbs,
the odds are still that it's a bad ground. 9 out of 10 malfunction of
the sort are ground problems.
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559
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