[FC] Tail light problem

[Ben and Lynn Stiles]

Well...I had the white stripe painted by the kids in the collision repair 
shop at school. I did not remove the headlight and tail light units like I 
did on the Rampside when it wsas done and tape over the catch nuts...the 
GROUND!

Paint and primer were so thick in there was not way it would ground! I 
cleaned the catch nuts and back of the tail light assemblies. All is well 
now. Thank goodness it was easy!

Ben



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Ben and Lynn Stiles" <lbstiles at verizon.net>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Tail light problem


> Ben,
>
> Grounding problems seem to be a common problem of FC tail lights.  What I 
> did was (this will be non-stock) take the lenses off, drill a pilot hole 
> through the light housing and into the body, then put a nice clean sheet 
> metal screw in place.  No problems since.
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben and Lynn Stiles" <lbstiles at verizon.net>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:27 PM
> Subject: [FC] Tail light problem
>
>
>> Greetings FCers...
>>
>> I figured out this evening before I left my friend's house in the 
>> Greenbrier that I have no tail lights...nor brake...nor turn signals in 
>> the rear. I made this brilliant deduction when I saw no red glow on my 
>> friend's garage door as I was turning around.
>>
>> The fuse for tail lights is good. Left turn signal indicator is slow and 
>> has a "dim blink" between the regular blinks. Right turn signal indicator 
>> seems normal. Dome light and headlights work fine.
>>
>> I am guessing a ground problem. Where are the tail lights grounded? All 
>> is plugged in in the rear.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> One FC thing after another!!
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Ben
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