<VV> court lamp hookup?

[Kirby Smith]

Les:

That's because verts don't have dome lights, so there is only one set of 
connectors to go to the pair connected to the light switch.  However, 
10700s all have floor lights, at least on LMs (AFAIK).

kirby


Les wrote:
> Kirby,
> 
> Do coupes even have the floor lights? Or just the converts, since they 
> don't have a dome light? Just putting my convert back together and the 
> front floor lights (one on each side) wire into a harness with a single 
> connector.
> 
> Les
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> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:01:38 -0400
> From: Kirby Smith <kirbyasmith at gwi.net>
> Subject: <VV> court lamp hookup?
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> The front floor courtesy lights (contracted to "court" lights on the 
> Shop Manual schematic) used on Corsas connect in parallel with the dome 
> light.  The connection point is under the headlight control switch.  The 
> courtesy lights were designed as an add-on to the base light wiring 
> circuit.  I expected therefore that the courtesy lights connectors would 
>  connect to the dome light power leads and provide a way for the dome 
> light circuit to be added on.
> 
> The power wires from the headlight switch, the dome light wires, and the 
> courtesy light wires have single terminal connectors.  Two into one 
> don't go without an adapter of some sort.  I can't recall now how they 
> were originally connected when I took them apart 30 years ago.  I can't 
> find any plastic plug-based 2-into-1s in my once-removed but 
> not-yet-reinstalled parts piles,  :)  and I can't find any hard metal 
> 2-into-1 GM terminals lying about.  (If they existed, these would be the 
> counterparts of similar devices that are widely available for use with 
> crimp-on connectors. Which is not to say that they don't exist.)  I 
> could wire up a connector based system, but I would really like to know: 
> How is this conection supposed to be made?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> kirby, 66 turbo Corsa
> 
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