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04-15-2021, 08:09 PM
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How to ground a tail light?
I just added a RH tail light to my sedan. It’s been 40 years since I last installed a tail light, and I can’t remember how they are grounded! Please advise.
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Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole. 
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04-15-2021, 08:23 PM
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Re: How to ground a tail light?
Metal bolts to metal of the fender, fender bolts to body, & Etc. Clean to metal in spots to aid continuity
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04-15-2021, 09:37 PM
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Re: How to ground a tail light?
Thanks. That sort of what my increasingly dimished memory was saying.
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04-17-2021, 08:26 AM
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Re: How to ground a tail light?
What J says is correct.
Depending on the amount surgery sometimes needed to get a good ground without removing paint where you don't want paint removed I've resorted to adding a ground wire inserted in a old time woven loom from the socket to a good ground location. |
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04-17-2021, 11:31 AM
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Re: How to ground a tail light?
Star washers give good grip through paint.
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04-17-2021, 03:11 PM
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Re: How to ground a tail light?
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Someone suggested star washers to me earlier in the week after I painted my headlight bar, and they worked great! |
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