Re: Intermittant tail light

[dherv10@xxxx]

Lee, To go one step futher. When I fix the boards I hook them up on 
the bench with the voltage going to the lights and after I solder all 
the joints, I flex the board just a little , move the bulbs in the 
sockets, put in a little electrical grease in them and touch down on 
all the joints with something just to make sure all is well and 
secure. Before I started doing this, I would re assemble the light 
board just to find another problem in another spot.
John Hervey
www.specialTauto.com
Home of The Fan Fix



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx> wrote:
> Day 13, my first actual repair. Left tail light didn't work. Easy
> access, easy repair. Take out the 6 screws, push gently on the 
plastic
> catch on the inside, unplug the connector and you've got the board 
and
> bulbs in your hands. The way this is made, many bad or intermittent
> connections have to occur on these light assemblies. Much 
riveting, no
> soldering. I hooked up the board without the lenses and my tail 
light
> would come on by moving the socket. Bad, connection to the shell 
of the
> bulb. The solution, solder it. Clean off a little spot on each 
side of
> the socket shell and strip, (sand it, scrape it, whatever) and 
solder it
> to the strip. When you solder, use soldering paste, no acid flux or
> core. I don't really want a big argument about using paste, I'm 
older
> than you and I've been doing it longer than you and I don't want to
> explain the why of it at this time, maybe later. Thanks.