[TR] a bulb not doing anything, not TR

[MMoore8425 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/29/2008 12:12:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jimmuller at rcn.com writes:

Re a  2003 Dodge Caravan, not a Triumph.

Our 2003 Caravan has a  non-functional right front parking light.  It is not 
the bulb; I checked  it, even swapped it with the left front bulb.  It is not 
a fuse; they all  appear good, and the right rear is working.  (The fuse 
markings are  ambiguous but appear to say that both RF and RR bulbs are wired  
together.)  It does not appear to be a relay; I re-seated them all  anyway.  The 
turn signals work just fine.

I put a voltmeter on the  wires, saw no voltage, but may have been thwarted 
by the difficulty of getting  a good ground through paint or surface corrosion 
everywhere.  I  disconnected, checked the voltage on, and re-seated the plug 
going to the bulb  holder; still saw nothing.

The most likely cause would appear to be a  corroded connector somewhere out 
of sight in the line going to that bulb  only.

Can any of you suggest which part of the dashboard I should  disassemble to 
find it?  The car was inspected in August, so that hurdle  won't come around 
again for a while.  But on the other hand, it is still  a non-functional bulb 
that I would like to fix and may be required legally to  fix, inspection or no.

In the meantime, the weather is getting  cold.

Tanks,
Jim Muller
'80 Spitfire
'70 GT6+
'03  Caravan
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A way way long shot: If there is a multi-pin bulkead connector,  disconnecte 
it and clean it. Reassemble with silicon grease. My 62 Chrysler had  that 
problem,
 
Mike Moore
 
Engineering  Manager
CL Moore & Associates, Inc.
17590 Holiday Drive, Morgan Hill,  
California 95037
408-782-1272 fax  408-782-1372
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