RE: Electrical Detective Work?

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Ozolins wrote:
> 
> My car's front left turn signal/parking lamp won't come on.
> 
> I figure I just need to examine the circuit to see where the problem is, 
> but 
> I have really no idea how to do that! Any hints on how to proceed, after 
> the 
> obvious stuff like making sure there's a good bulb in place?
> 
> 
> thanks
> Jim Ozolins
> 
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> 
  If you don't have one, I would spend the $10 - $15 on a good test 
light.  The ones that have a nice sharp tip to probe into wires and a 
bulb that you can actually find replacements for.
  I usually start at the socket to see if there is voltage there.  If 
so, then you need to do a little clean up work on the socket including 
possibly replacing the spring behind the contact plate which many times 
are rusty and have no tension left in them.  If there's no power at the 
socket then I start tracing the wire back towards the source, testing 
along the way at likely spots, ie: connectors or places where it may 
have been spliced together.  
Thankfully the circuits on our cars are pretty simple.

Good Luck


Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html


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