Re: [DML] engine compartment light

[Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx>]

Easy one, much like the tail lights, bad connection at the ground tab. Drill out the
center rivet holding the assembly in place, solder the lower (ground) tab to the part
it's "leaning" against. Put a screw through the mounting hole you drilled, to fasten the
assembly back in place. Positive goes to insulated tab at the top, you're just not
getting a proper ground through the lower tab, this'll fix it.

Soma576@xxxx wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> can anyone tell me how this goofy thing is supposed to work? when i bought
> the car, the switch was smashed down so it wouldn't bounce back up. today i
> took the switch off and let the two wires stay there. i checked the
> electrical diagram and learned that the light fixture has two positive wires
> connected to it. that's the power for the whole thing. well, the top tab
> for the light fixture turned on my test light, but the bottom one didn't. so
> i figured that the light bulb must be broken, but it looks ok! i then tested
> the socket where the bulb fits into, and there's no power where the bulb
> touches it, yet i have power all around the little disc it fits into. when i
> put a jumper wire between the wires as the touch the socket, i then have
> power to one of the wires at the switch.
>
> is my socket broken? it looks ok - there isn't much to break in there! but
> it's crazy - the tab has power but the disc that the bulb slips into doesnt,
> and that breaks the connection. what gives??
>
> Andy
>
> Soma576@xxxx
> 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
> Fargo, ND 58102
>
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