[Healeys] turn signals and tail lights

[George Haywood]

Lin,

I had the same problem when I wired up my lights in May after a complete 
restoration with a brand new wiring harness.  One other symptom present was 
that both rt. and lt. turn lights came on at the same time, one brighter 
than the other but both still dim.  With the head lights off both turn 
signals were bright.  The answer was an improper ground.  I had not attached 
the black wires in the trunk to the rear hoop.  One screw into each side of 
the hoop with the ground wires attached did the trick.  I am assumming that 
your two grounding straps (one at the battery cut off switch and the other 
from the starter I believe to the frame) are properly attached.  I hope your 
problem is as simple as that.

Take care,

George Haywood
'65 bj8  (driving and very near completion)



>From: linwood rose <linwoodrose at mac.com>
>To: Healeys at autox.team.net
>Subject: [Healeys] turn signals and tail lights
>Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:59:30 -0400
>
>Earlier in my restoration I thought I had sorted this problem out,
>but tonight it has come back to haunt me again. I have just installed
>my newly painted rear shroud and I was installing and hooking up the
>tail lights. By the way, getting those chrome trim rings to fit
>inside the rubber housing was a real pain!
>
>Here is the situation: All components are new( flasher canister,
>relay (electronic variety, not the original coils), lights and
>bulbs). If lights are off and turn signal is activated, both left and
>right tail lights operate perfectly. If I turn the driving lights on,
>the turn signal in both lights is barely perceptible. I have
>carefully checked my ground connections throughout the car, and
>removed fresh paint where ground connections are to be made, but it
>doesn't seem to have affected this issue. If a faulty ground was the
>problem wouldn't the flashing signals have failed when the running
>lights were off also?
>
>I would appreciate any suggestions that I might try to solve this
>problem.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Lin
>1960 BT7 in restoration
>1959 Bugeye
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