[Healeys] turn signals and tail lights

Townsend Electric townsendlectric at cablespeed.com
Thu Aug 23 17:09:33 MDT 2007


I have usualy found this to be a ground problem. The turn / brake lights
ground thru. the tail light circuit instead of thru ground as they should,
but when you turn on the tail lights this path is closed. try just running a
gnd wire fron the battery to the side of the bulb to check.
Good luck  Colin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "linwood rose" <linwoodrose at mac.com>
To: <Healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: [Healeys] turn signals and tail lights


> 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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