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Can anybody tell me where the grounds for turn signals are?

Started by Mo Power, August 12, 2007, 09:38:17 PM

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Mo Power

Ok I found the ones that grounds the negative terminal and turn signals to the headlight bucket. But I was just asking to speed this up if anybodys has had problems with the fender turn singals staying on and the signals craping out. Because sometimes my fender signals go on and off when I have my lights on and one only shows up on the dash. And when I push the lever as to turn left the green light on dash goes off as if going with my turning signals, but blinks off when trying to turn. Wondering if it could be in the column but looked and seems everythings fine. Sorry if people get sick of me posting about the same problem lol, but I'm a beginner and want to take my car to a show in 4 days.
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Nacho-RT74

Turning signals are body ground. The selftapping screw links the fender body with a plate inserted on rubber gasket to gives ground to bulb. Check for that &/or ground on front parking lamps. Socket start to get loose and with time spins inside parking lamps housing and this assembly also takes ground from body. Without enough ground on any of this places then you can get slight glowing bulbs anywhere on the turning signals net.
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myk

I've got a strange problem here: turn signals flash, but the running lights don't work?  The bulb is ok and as far as I can tell so is the wiring.  I thought that if the light itself wasn't grounded properly then nothing should work-not the turn signal OR the running light.

Generally, I've always had problems with these lights.  Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, even as I'm working on them this very minute.  Up until this afternoon both running lights were working but the turn signals weren't.  I know that they're grounded by being mounted to the body, but is there any way to make a better ground?  Maybe an actual wire or something?  Could I be missing a piece to help these lights ground better to the body?

Nacho-RT74

if NO ONE running light works around, including sidemarkers and fronts, mostly sure is the switch.

Ground is common to ALL lights ( park, back up and turning/brakes ). not sure on 2nd gens, but 3rd gens is bolted in to a trunk reinforcement. Better ground than that one ? run to the batt LOL.
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myk

I should've been more specific: only my FRONT running lamps aren't working, the running lights on the tail are fine, and the turn signals on all lights are fine.  I'm pretty sure it's a ground issue on the lamps, I just don't know how to make it better...

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fy469rtse

Myk , the fact that you can get them working sometimes , think what you touching at the time or before,
How olds the wiring pal, I suspect that , old brittle , it's done close to 45 years of service ,
Replace wiring , one wire at a time , then try  lights after each wire done you will find it
Patience ,