You have one of two problems. The ground connection to the base of the bulb
itself is shitty, or the ground connection from the base of bulb to the
frame/boddy is shitty.

There are two sources of ground to investigate. Does the bulb itself ground
through the base? And, does the base ground to the frame/body?

One test is to take the working bulb from the other side and move it to the
failure side, and vice versa, to see if the problem follows the bulbs.
Often, the bulb itself is the problem, even when you _think_ you put in a
good one.




"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1130750700.921478.101420@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Exactly.
>>
>> If the Running Lights are on, and the brakes are applied, the Running
>> Lights
>> turn off on ONE side.
>>
>> He SAID the brake light goes off, but technically the running light is
>> the
>> one that goes out. What really happens is that the light that is already
>> on
>> goes off.
>>
>
> Yup, like I said at the outset...classic symptoms of a bad ground. No
> matter how the tail lamp assembly is grounded...right now, it isn't.
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT, SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

 

You have one of two problems. The ground connection to the base of the bulb
itself is shitty, or the ground connection from the base of bulb to the
frame/boddy is shitty.

There are two sources of ground to investigate. Does the bulb itself ground
through the base? And, does the base ground to the frame/body?

One test is to take the working bulb from the other side and move it to the
failure side, and vice versa, to see if the problem follows the bulbs.
Often, the bulb itself is the problem, even when you _think_ you put in a
good one.




"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1130750700.921478.101420@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Exactly.
>>
>> If the Running Lights are on, and the brakes are applied, the Running
>> Lights
>> turn off on ONE side.
>>
>> He SAID the brake light goes off, but technically the running light is
>> the
>> one that goes out. What really happens is that the light that is already
>> on
>> goes off.
>>
>
> Yup, like I said at the outset...classic symptoms of a bad ground. No
> matter how the tail lamp assembly is grounded...right now, it isn't.
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT, SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>

 

You have one of two problems. The ground connection to the base of the bulb
itself is shitty, or the ground connection from the base of bulb to the
frame/boddy is shitty.

There are two sources of ground to investigate. Does the bulb itself ground
through the base? And, does the base ground to the frame/body?

One test is to take the working bulb from the other side and move it to the
failure side, and vice versa, to see if the problem follows the bulbs.
Often, the bulb itself is the problem, even when you _think_ you put in a
good one.




"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1130750700.921478.101420@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Exactly.
>>
>> If the Running Lights are on, and the brakes are applied, the Running
>> Lights
>> turn off on ONE side.
>>
>> He SAID the brake light goes off, but technically the running light is
>> the
>> one that goes out. What really happens is that the light that is already
>> on
>> goes off.
>>
>
> Yup, like I said at the outset...classic symptoms of a bad ground. No
> matter how the tail lamp assembly is grounded...right now, it isn't.
>
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC-P "Pearl"
> '95 Wrangler YJ
> TOMKAT, SENS, BS#133, MAMBM, SLOB#13, DH#2
>