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dcdoug 05-13-2010 08:53 PM
Dim tail light
 
My right rear tail light has dimmed significantly. It's not the bulb as that still works and I have swapped the bulbs from left to right in the rear and the right is still dim while the left is brightly lit. I have also cleaned the contacts and checked the connections on the tail light and they all seem OK.

Any thoughts as to what it would be? Where should I start looking next?

289ACE 05-13-2010 09:26 PM
If you are grounded through the tail light body check that path. If you have a corroded ground point it could do this. A quick way to check is to get a jumper wire and attach it between a known good ground and the tail light body and see if the light increases in brightness.
Jay

dcdoug 05-13-2010 09:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 289ACE (Post 1050693)
If you are grounded through the tail light body check that path. If you have a corroded ground point it could do this. A quick way to check is to get a jumper wire and attach it between a known good ground and the tail light body and see if the light increases in brightness.
Jay
Yes that's the way it's set up. Thanks for the tip. I will look at that tomorrow.

dcdoug 05-16-2010 06:59 PM
The problem wasn't the ground. When I last replaced a bulb, the contacts must have gotten reversed. Easy to do on the CSX and you can't tell which way they should go back in. Anyway, all fixed and works perfectly.


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