<VV> Update regarding help with rt brake light

[corvairduval at cox.net]

I'm confused. John says his right turn signal works along with his parking
light. Just his brake light is not working. Now, assuming he IS talking
about the right rear lamp assembly, then all the grounding in the world
will not make the lights work that ALREADY WORK!

Is John trying to confuse me by talking about both the front and rear lamps
in the same sentence? I don't think so...

And also for people searching in the future, the late models do not have
the socket crimped to the reflector, it snaps into the reflector with two
bad grounding clips. There is no place to put a screw to connect metal
reflector to metal socket.

I have put a small sheet metal screw (#4 x 3/8" or so) through the plastic
housing to hold the metal socket in the plastic housing.

Frank DuVal

Original email:
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From: MarK Durham via VirtualVairs virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 11:47:21 -0700
To: joel at joelsplace.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Update regarding help with rt brake light


Thanks Joel for reinforcing my original post.
Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
On Oct 6, 2014 10:13 AM, "Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Where did you add the extra grounding?  To the outer housing?  The ground
> problems are often between the socket and the housing.
> You will get those symptoms with a bad ground.  I just fixed one last week
> by installing a self-tapping screw between the housing and the socket to
> connect the two.
> The housing appears to be aluminum and the bulb socket is steel plated
> with something.  The connection between the two goes away.  Put a screw in
> both sides and be done with it.
> I can send pictures if you don't follow what I'm saying.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> John Gull via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 5:46 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Update regarding help with rt brake light
>
> I forgot to mention in my original inquire that the right turn signal does
> work, as well as park light. I have tried to add extra grounding but that
> still doesn't help. Whats next????  Any more ideas??? What wire feeds the
> brake signal to rt ?? Thanks again John Gull>  

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