In a message dated 5/10/98 8:18:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
danray@bluegrass.net writes:
> My left rear tail light and license plate (left only) are out.
> The bulb works on braking and passes visual inspection, so it's not a
ground
> (at the light) or the bulb.
> Granted, the lack of BOTH left lights may not be related, but I'm thinking
> it could be.
> Oh, and my reverse lights are kaput too, but I figured that was the switch,
> and I'm not in a hurry about that. The tail light, on the other hand, DOES
> leave me open to Copus Stopus Maximus if I get caught in rain or dark.
> Any hints, at least on where to start trouble shooting and sticking the
> probes of my multimeter? I can't see a common thread between the plate
lamps
> and tail lamps by the wiring diagram, but maybe unrelated, like I said.
Dan,
Both the tail light and the license plate lamp are fed from the same fuse, via
a red wire. The left and the right sides are fused separately, but the front
and rear, each side, are on the same fuse. I think you have a loose
connection in the red line somewhere. The red wire runs from the fuse to the
trunk area, where there is a four way bullet connector. From there, the wires
split to the tail lamp and to the license plate lamp.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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