stop light ground
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waterbus
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stop light ground
I just got my '65 split window bus on the road and the stop lights were not working. I traced it to a ground issue and found some stuff I would like to pass on. First, the ground to the socket was just a small piece of metal that was leaning against the socket (by design) and rust had built up so there was no electrical path. Next I noticed that the screws holding the light in were not touching both the body and the light body. In other words there was no way for a path to ground. To fix I got new 1157 sockets and welded them in place of the old rusty sockets. Next I drilled a hole and inserted a screw thru the housing for a good ground. Now everything works well. When I put the welder ground on the housing it would not get a good ground and at one time burned the joint between the bowl and flat of the housing.
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david58
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Re: stop light ground
Nice fix thanks for sharing.
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