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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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Car: 1986 Chevy Camaro Heritage edition
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Transmission: 5 Speed Manual
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LIGHTS ARE MESSED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok, my lights are really messed up. Heres whats goin on:

When headlights are off;
-Left Blinker works
-right blinker comes on but dosent blink
-brake lights work

When headlights are on;
-Right head light works fine
-left headlight is really dim
-front left blinker works but dosent blink
-front right blinker just stays on period (dosent blink, stays on when its not supposed to)
-left rear blinker works but is really really dim and dosent blink
-right rear blinker dosent work at all.

any ideas? anything will help.

thanks
jake
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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From: vancouver washington
Car: 1986 Chevy Camaro Heritage edition
Engine: V6 2.8 sadly...
Transmission: 5 Speed Manual
Axle/Gears: I have 10 bolt and i think 3:9's
anyone at all?
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 04:20 AM
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Car: 86 Iroc-z
Engine: 350
Transmission: 5 speed
Originally Posted by Ibanez_Jake
ok, my lights are really messed up. Heres whats goin on:

When headlights are off;
-Left Blinker works
-right blinker comes on but dosent blink
-brake lights work

When headlights are on;
-Right head light works fine
-left headlight is really dim
-front left blinker works but dosent blink
-front right blinker just stays on period (dosent blink, stays on when its not supposed to)
-left rear blinker works but is really really dim and dosent blink
-right rear blinker dosent work at all.

any ideas? anything will help.

thanks
jake

~ur front right blinker all the time on or just when u put the signal on- sounds like bad flasher.
~dim head lights- check the tan wires running from relays to head lamps and black ground wires for anything wrong(cuts, nicks, rubbed against metal grounding out.)
~yea sounds like blinker flasers are f-ed up

hope i could help a little

i'd post a copy of a head lamp and turn signal wiring diagram but i think it might be copywrited sorry ...u might wanna get a copy of it
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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You're left headlight has lost ground & is searching for a ground thru your signal lights. Run a temp ground wire from your headlight to a good ground & I bet your problems will go away. If they do, trace down where the factory ground is bad & repair it.
Corky
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Car: 89 IROC Z28
Engine: 357 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 Posi
Originally Posted by Ibanez_Jake
ok, my lights are really messed up. Heres whats goin on:

When headlights are off;
-Left Blinker works
-right blinker comes on but dosent blink
-brake lights work

When headlights are on;
-Right head light works fine
-left headlight is really dim
-front left blinker works but dosent blink
-front right blinker just stays on period (dosent blink, stays on when its not supposed to)
-left rear blinker works but is really really dim and dosent blink
-right rear blinker dosent work at all.

any ideas? anything will help.

thanks
jake
The right turn signal doesn't blink because either the front or rear bulb is burned out. When it did this to me the front turn signal bulb was burned out. There are two filaments in it, one for parking lights and the turn signal one, which is why it still lights up when the lights are on. As for the dim headlights on one side, you have a bad ground somewhere.
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