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I'm very happy, oh yeah and license plate lights?
Hey what's up everyone!
CAN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO FINALLY BE DRIVING THIS? WOOHOO  Among the minor small things I'm recombobulating are the license lights. On mine (73 "S" if that makes any difference) there are 2 lights, and 2 sets of wires coming out of the body. Trouble is, there is only one itty-bitty-almost-invisible connector on each light housing. Is one a ground, and the other power? All 4 leads have male connectors, are the same color and length, and are ridiculously short. Is it some sort of twisted joke? You should've seen me trying to get both connected at the same time while holding the bumper up - awwww yeah, I think I made up a few new profanities. I'll splice in some longer wire and sucker in some chump to help next time, but I need to know which steenking wires to use. Tanx Jeff 
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05-14-2003, 07:37 AM
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One in each pair is brown for ground. You may have to scrape the insulation a bit to tell. There are two male terminals on the light. If you take the rubber off you can see which one is ground. It will be the one which does not lead to the base of the bulb. You should be able to remove/install with bumper in place. You may need to free up some slack in the trunk and pull on the harness a bit to get enough wire out.
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05-14-2003, 07:52 AM
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...and be sure you get the connections right on the lights. Being an idiot, it took me 3 fuses to figure out that I was wiring the hot leead to the ground on the light
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Thanks for the tips, as always everyone is very helpful. I'll give it a shot this weekend and see what trouble I can cause!
So far all the tips I've gotten from everyone have been great, thanks so much  Cheers, Jeff
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If you remove the housing, you can see which connector has metal going from it to the mounting screw holes. That's the ground.
Took me about five fuses, Scott.... --DD (Sometimes I'm slow.)
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Five? Ow! That's how many I went through diagnosing my drivers door light switch (before I just gave up and ditched the dang dome light
)Next time you're up here, I'll buy you a pint at McMenamins...
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Just rebuilt the ones for my son's car.
The copper leed is the hot leed. The 2 into one wire goes to it. Take the unit apart & clean any rust off the socket (sand paper) and spray them with white grease for yrs of rust free driving.
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