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Tail Lights Dim

Old May 29, 2002 | 06:10 PM
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Hello fellow VETTEHEADS, have a little problem with the brightness of my tail lights. I'am assuming that I may have a grounding problem? Can anyone shed some light(pardon the pun) on this for me? When the brakes are applied the lights are bright as usual, but when the lights are on ,the tail lights are about 1/2 the illumination. As always, thank you in advance for any information you can provide.

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Old May 29, 2002 | 06:13 PM
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Start with the obvious, change the bulbs. There might be dirt all over them
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Old May 29, 2002 | 07:51 PM
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The ground for the tail lights is at the end of the left frame rail. I would clean it real good to see if that is your problem.
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Old May 30, 2002 | 07:34 AM
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i cleaned the ground and the area grounding to,smeared a little dielectric grease and the illumination almost doubled. new bulbs help also.BTW also put new halogen headlights in the front, 20 yr old halogens seems to lose their stuff over time.
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