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wantvegas 05-14-2011 03:03 AM

67 Camaro Lights Issue
 
The lights on this car have never seemed to work right. I have replaced bulbs and looked at the wring the best i could, but i am lost. Please see these 2 videos and tell me what you think it could be. Bulb? Relay? An alien messing with my car? Thank you!!!
The right front turn signal and left back turn signal are the only true working lights.

I have no reverse lights (No wiring for it)

The brake lights only work on the left rear.

The front left signal works, but is very dim, or it runs both front parking lights very dim.

The right rear turn signal does not work.

It says i am running 14 amps in the car, and i am powering my sounds system just fine.

YouTube - 67 Camaro Lights Issue 1

YouTube - 67 Camaro Lights Issue 2


Help please!

fs68 05-14-2011 07:52 AM

Looks like you are shorting to ground. I would get a meter and wire diagram and trace the wires starting in the trunk. Also make sure all of the wires are hooked up to the right things.

Camaro 69 05-14-2011 09:21 AM

You have some bad grounds, which will make the power feed try and find other sources to flow through. Your tail light housings are pot metal, and should be grouning to the body. Try a jumper wire from the non-working housing to a good ground and see what happens. Also make sure the sockets are good and clean inside. The front marker lights are grounded through the wiring, so you can again test it with a separate ground wire to the housing or socket.

wantvegas 05-16-2011 12:34 AM

Sweet! It was just bad grounds! Thank you!!

StoveBolts 05-17-2011 10:01 AM


The front marker lights are grounded through the wiring, so you can again test it with a separate ground wire to the housing or socket.
As an added note, and I say this cause it took me several weeks to locate and was a source of great anguish for me, but on the front marker lights the ground wire goes from the housing to ground. However, in my case the socket lost continuity with the housing. I resolved this by roughing and then soldering a connection from the housing to the socket.

Camaro 69 05-17-2011 12:26 PM


Originally Posted by StoveBolts (Post 537816)
As an added note, and I say this cause it took me several weeks to locate and was a source of great anguish for me, but on the front marker lights the ground wire goes from the housing to ground.

That's good 67-68 info to know then. The 69 doesn't have a separate ground wire to the housing, it's part of the harness.
I wasn't positive of the differences, if any, which there is.


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