[TR] Continuing brake light bulb failure

[Andrew Mace]

-----Original Message-----
From: thenicholls at verizon.net

Thanks for the reponse.  The scenario is I replace the bulb.  Bulb works
with lights on and when brake is depressed.

At some point in the future, when the brake is depressed, light does not
get brighter.

Replace bulb, all is well until it happens again.  Socket was replaced
with a socket that has a grounding tab.  Fiddling with the bulb, socket,
or wires does not cause an issue.

==AM==
I wonder if it could be the bulbs themselves? Sadly, and like so many 
other parts out there nowadays, there are some really poor quality 
bulbs originating from Pacific Rim countries.

Several months ago, I bought a two-pack of typical 1157 stop/tail bulbs 
at a local auto parts store. I put one of them in my mom's '95 Mercury 
to replace a burned-out bulb. The new bulb functioned only for about 
one week. I tried the other new bulb and couldn't even get it to work.

In frustration, I went over to a long-junked Herald I have sitting in 
the yard and pulled out of the exposed tail lamp unit what must have 
been a 40-year-old bulb, stuck it in the Mercury, and it's worked ever 
since! ;-)

--Andy  Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er, 
Triumph Herald engine with  wings.
 -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus  (22)

Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph 
Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>