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Old 09-29-2013, 12:27 PM
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happiness didn't last long

I finally got the rear lights all working on my 1976 highboy, went out about dusk to recheck lights and all was working well till I tried my headlights with my turn signals. When I turned my right signal my left side marker lights blink faintly. Turn off my headlights and everything is fine. Anyone heard of this? Any ideas?
 
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That points to a ground problem out at the sockets themselves. Replace all four 1157-style sockets.
 
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will do, I think they are original equipment. thanks.
 
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That points to a ground problem out at the sockets themselves. Replace all four 1157-style sockets.
I did this to my truck last year when working on it and it fixed my ground problems as fmc400 stated.

It's a good time to clean and redo some of your chassis grounds as well. It's amazing the difference it makes on the brightness of the light functions.

 
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