6pack
[Top] [All Lists]

Trunk light

To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Trunk light
From: SamuelsMA@aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 21:36:21 EDT
I noticed that my trunk light does not light up when the lid is  opened.  The 
bulb and fuse are fine.  I removed the inner panels from  the trunk and 
figured out how the mechanism works:  There is a pin switch  (plunger) which 
pops 
out when the lid is opened because pressure from the hinge  is released.  That 
must provide a ground for the circuit.  This is a  purple wire.  I found the 
red wire which supplies power to the circuit and  it has no power according to 
my test light.
 
Where does that red wire come from, and what is the most practical way to  
trace it back to wherever the problem is?  The Haynes manual doesn't have  much 
in this area.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Michael
'76 Tahiti Blue




<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>