Thread: Showing Signs of Life
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08-06-2009 09:35 PM #1
Showing Signs of Life
Life has been getting in the way of my hot rod build...so I took the day off and spent it in the garage. This would have been more fun if it wasn't 110 degrees in the shade.
I have the Caddy wired, but there is one more gremlin I am trying to overcome. The headlights and the turn signals are all working, but when I turn on the parking lights or headlights the turn signals do not light up.
I am using the wiring harness from the 1992 Suburban that I took the engine out of. So far I am glad I did because I get some new car luxuries that would have taken me forver to wire myself.
I have three wires (brown, black, and dark green/yellow) running to the turn signals, but the turn signals are 1941 chevy tailights with just two wires. the only way the turn signals work is to connect the ground and then the green or yellow depending on which side. The minute I connect the brown to anything the turn signals stop working, but the running lights turn on.
Am I missing something?
Thank you
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