how in the hell?

Anthony

Anthony

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trying to sort out the lighting on my 86 coupe.

the marker lights, next to the headlights ( not below ).... i have power to the socket, new bulbs, checked the bulbs off the battery = good, light dont work when plugged in. tried some grease in the socket, retested for power, good. bent the tabs in, retested power=good, put bulb in and nothing!

how in the hell?

its doing this on both side of the car
 
yep, ground on both sides of the car ( on the inner fender ) are for all the lights up front. and i am testing across the socket.
 
are you sure the lights are still good... make sure your getting the right voltage at the socket also... maybe its a really weak that will light the tester and not the lamp
 
steve581581 said:
are you sure the lights are still good... make sure your getting the right voltage at the socket also... maybe its a really weak that will light the tester and not the lamp
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new bulbs. bulbs work when i rig them to the battery. .

14v at battery and socket
 
Pwraddr said:
How are you testing it? Using what device and where/what are you checking?
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digital fluke meter, dont have the model # handy.

across the socket and also to chassis ground. i am going to cut one of the sockets open, see and whats what
 
Anthony said:
digital fluke meter, dont have the model # handy.

across the socket and also to chassis ground. i am going to cut one of the sockets open, see and whats what
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Do you know how to do a voltage drop test? If you are using a DVOM it might have 12 volts but not be able to handle the load. I would do a VD test on both power and ground sides before you start cutting.

Let me know if you need more help.

Keith
 
yup, under load it lost it. bad connection in BOTH sockets. i checked ohms across both wires and they were fine. brain farted on the load test.
 
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