Help! Drivers side taillight dim.
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Help! Drivers side taillight dim.
For 75 coupe.
All other lights around the car working well with good brightness.
Left rear taillight is on but noticeably dimmer than all others. Replaced bulb with two different new bulbs and got same result. One hint is that the left turn signal wont flash (front and back) but indicator in car comes on but again isn't flashing. I even changed front left bulbs. Flasher, socket, ground, other wiring? Not sure where to start.
Are there simple tests to start with to troubleshoot?
Please advise
All other lights around the car working well with good brightness.
Left rear taillight is on but noticeably dimmer than all others. Replaced bulb with two different new bulbs and got same result. One hint is that the left turn signal wont flash (front and back) but indicator in car comes on but again isn't flashing. I even changed front left bulbs. Flasher, socket, ground, other wiring? Not sure where to start.
Are there simple tests to start with to troubleshoot?
Please advise
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Ground
edit-Take a small piece of wire and ground one end , take the other end and stick it in along side the bulb touching it to the copper casing of the bulb and ground it. If that works then fix the ground.
edit-Take a small piece of wire and ground one end , take the other end and stick it in along side the bulb touching it to the copper casing of the bulb and ground it. If that works then fix the ground.
Last edited by ...Roger...; Jun 24, 2009 at 06:08 PM.
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