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cdowns · 09-14-2005, 11:13 PM

are you using the proper 1157type bulbs?? they only go in the socket oneway(directional) not installed properly will cause these types of problems

4tiresngas · 09-14-2005, 11:26 PM

Yes. All brand new 1157's (amber ones for the front). And all brand new 194's for the sidemarkers.

**Stocker** · 09-15-2005, 12:16 AM

Note to self: Next winter when/if that pesky light comes on again, refer to this thread. Yup, it's bookmarked. Though it wasn't aimed at me, thanks for the info, guys.

Racetruck1 · 09-15-2005, 01:02 AM

Really check your sockets and grounds, I have had worn out turn signal switches do bizzare things but my bet is a bad ground, 69-70 grilles being made of aluminum do sometimes have corrosion problems that are hard to see and can drive you nuts, so connect a meter from your (disconnected) negative term. set meter on ohms scale, and touch all your ground wires or the outside of your sockets, if the reading is high, thats your problem, Good luck!

navybear70 · 09-15-2005, 01:17 AM

Your problems are nothing... when I turn on my lights(which for some reason, run off the dying battery even when truck is running) BOTH my turn signal in-dash lights light up! Then I hit the brake and they fade away. Come on and off. The blinkers blink really fast with a delay, but the blinker fuse came from a 67 Camaro, sooo...

briarpatch · 09-15-2005, 06:34 AM

Check the dash cluster ground wire which clips (bad GM engineering) onto the metal dash...I drilled a hole underneath the dash and attached it with a screw (that's what GM should have done) and all my lighting woes went away!!! One of the previous posters mentions this too.

al's71gmc · 09-15-2005, 06:43 AM

I like this thread. Lots of good ideas here. I've got some of these same problems in both my truck and my son's, but I'm onto other probs now. Bookmarked this for after the big stuff gets done.

**special-K** · 09-16-2005, 07:18 AM

Sounds like a ground problem or cross-connection.New harness?Probably bad ground.When the signal cam in the column messes up you can have this symptom.

4tiresngas · 09-16-2005, 08:40 PM

Okay..all my lights work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last issue I has was the front blinker not blinking when the lights were on. That turned out to be a bad housing/socket. When I wiggled the wires at the back of the socket, it would blink with the lights on. I went to the salvage yard today and got a new housing. Everything works!!!!

**Stocker** · 09-16-2005, 08:51 PM

Fantastic! Nice to hear a happy ending now and then...

09-14-2005, 11:13 PM	#26
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09-14-2005, 11:26 PM	#27
4tiresngas An American Soldier Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grumolo D' Abadessee, Italy Posts: 503	Yes. All brand new 1157's (amber ones for the front). And all brand new 194's for the sidemarkers. __________________ Dan dan.brue@us.army.mil

09-15-2005, 12:16 AM	#28
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,810	Note to self: Next winter when/if that pesky light comes on again, refer to this thread. Yup, it's bookmarked. Though it wasn't aimed at me, thanks for the info, guys. __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

09-15-2005, 01:17 AM	#30
navybear70 hometown heroes! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ewa Beach, HI Posts: 487	Your problems are nothing... when I turn on my lights(which for some reason, run off the dying battery even when truck is running) BOTH my turn signal in-dash lights light up! Then I hit the brake and they fade away. Come on and off. The blinkers blink really fast with a delay, but the blinker fuse came from a 67 Camaro, sooo... __________________ 2009 Silverado 2wd, 121k as of 04APR13. I love my truck 29 days out of the month. The payment is due on the 30th... Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. -Robert E. Lee "Never give up ground you've already taken." -Unknown

09-15-2005, 06:34 AM	#31
briarpatch Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beauregard, AL Posts: 64	Check the dash cluster ground wire which clips (bad GM engineering) onto the metal dash...I drilled a hole underneath the dash and attached it with a screw (that's what GM should have done) and all my lighting woes went away!!! One of the previous posters mentions this too. __________________ ------------------------------------- Tim '67 C/10, '04 Tahoe -------------------------------------

09-15-2005, 01:02 AM	#29
Racetruck1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fallston,PA Posts: 4	Really check your sockets and grounds, I have had worn out turn signal switches do bizzare things but my bet is a bad ground, 69-70 grilles being made of aluminum do sometimes have corrosion problems that are hard to see and can drive you nuts, so connect a meter from your (disconnected) negative term. set meter on ohms scale, and touch all your ground wires or the outside of your sockets, if the reading is high, thats your problem, Good luck!

09-15-2005, 06:43 AM	#32
al's71gmc 4 eyed fever Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eureka, Nevada Posts: 500	I like this thread. Lots of good ideas here. I've got some of these same problems in both my truck and my son's, but I'm onto other probs now. Bookmarked this for after the big stuff gets done. __________________ 1971 GMC 2500 4x4 1972 GMC Sierra Grande 1/2 t 4x4-#1 son's truck. Recently completed resto. 4 YO daughter," Daddy, I like your truck better than Mom's." (2000 F350-ranch truck) Smart kid!!

09-16-2005, 07:18 AM	#33
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Sounds like a ground problem or cross-connection.New harness?Probably bad ground.When the signal cam in the column messes up you can have this symptom. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

09-16-2005, 08:40 PM	#34
4tiresngas An American Soldier Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grumolo D' Abadessee, Italy Posts: 503	Okay..all my lights work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last issue I has was the front blinker not blinking when the lights were on. That turned out to be a bad housing/socket. When I wiggled the wires at the back of the socket, it would blink with the lights on. I went to the salvage yard today and got a new housing. Everything works!!!! __________________ Dan dan.brue@us.army.mil

09-16-2005, 08:51 PM	#35
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,810	Fantastic! Nice to hear a happy ending now and then... __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay



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