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Old 05-12-2014, 04:06 PM
CONCRETEHART CONCRETEHART is offline
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Default rear bulbs

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Originally Posted by Peter Serio View Post
The biggest problem with the rear lights that I ran into on my 63 Lemans was poor grounds at the bulb socket(s) in the trunk.

I ended up replacing most if not all of the rear sockets in my car because the tab that makes a ground was either weak, corroded and/or broken off. Because the bulbs back there are 1157s when you loose your ground the current then back-feeds thru the other filament causing all kinds of strange symptoms.
please do not use 1157 bulbs they melt the lenses use the proper bulbs which are # 1034