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Re: [oletrucks] Tail light hookup

To: sculver@iwl.net, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Tail light hookup
From: Passnb4U@aol.com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:52:36 EDT
In a message dated 5/16/00 10:26:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, sculver@iwl.net 
writes:

> I just received my new halogen light kits from Juliano's, and am having a
>  problem.  The tail lights that I am replacing have 3 wires, for tail light,
>  stop light and blinker.  The new ones have 2 wires.  Juliano's tells me 
that
>  the stop light and blinker wires both go to the halogen bulb, and are wired
>  together.  When I hook them up this way, the blinkers work, but when I step
>  on the brake, the blinkers stop blinking.  Anyone know where I'm going
>  wrong?
>  
>  Thanks-
>  
>  Smokey Culver
>  '50 3600 5-window (mine)
>  '56 3600 (hers)
>  League City, Texas


  Kinda funny....the brake light feed should go throught the tyrnSignal 
indicator switch, inside the switch, it directs the voltage to either the 
flasher or bypass the flasher.

  Don't see why you'd need a seperate wire for an 1157 (I'm guessing) bulb?

Mike
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