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Hello
I have just purchased a 80 Corvette, and have problems with the parking lights. They simply dont work. Bright lights are ok, with high and low beams. Stop lights, directional light and back up lighta are working, but parking lights are dead. Of course, side markers and gaug lighting are dead, too. All fuses seem to be ok, and no fuse is shown for parking lights only. Any help?
Thank you
Tail Fuse, and brown wire Circuit #9 and black wire Ground ONLY:
Both front and rear lights park circuit Brown wire Circuit #9.
Sounds like your rear TAIL lights work so fuse is good, problem is from the firewall bulkhead connector C115 (C=Connector) forward.
At each L&R front park/turn signal housings there is a short harness with a 3 wire connector, unplug that connector.
On the main harness side you will focus on the brown wire and black wire on each side at C102 left & C101 right.
With headlight switch pulled to HEAD or PARK position do you have 12vdc to ground on the Brown wire(s)?
Testing the Black wire of each connector, do you have continuity to ground? at any one of the location(s) as shown in the drawing below.
They all originate on the Alternators Ground Wire bolt.
This drawing is from a 77, it will NOT include your corning light circuit for your front side marker lamps.
Chased this same problem for months. Turned out that the 3wire pigtail from the main harness to the light socket had a bad ground connection in the connector itself. Lots of emery paper on the male part was easy but the female part took a lot of creativity to get shiny again. Look there since that connector is not weather proof and is down low to the ground in salty environments.
Well, guess I was lucky...
Took the taillight fuse off, and it was oxidized. So got another fuse, some WD 40, and parking lights are back to work.
Thank you for the help
parkng lights not working
