Lighting Issues

June 1, 2008

S and I played around with the lights last night. This was something that I knew needed work from the inspection I had done before the purchase. Both low beam headlights were out. We popped the hood and discovered that the neither headlight was even connected. We plugged in the drivers side and it lit right up. The passenger side, however, had two broken prongs. On her behind we had only drivers side turn signal, parking and brake lights. After testing the passenger side with one of the good bulbs I made an inventory of all the bulbs I needed.

The next day I picked up the headlight, 4 turn signal/brake bulbs and 2 backup bulbs at Pep Boys. I replaced the broken headlight and the new one works fine. I replaced all the rear bulbs but I had one bad turn/tail/brake light socket. Went back to PB and found an after market fit for that. Wired the new one up and it now works. P.S. Don't accidentally touch another metal part of your engine with the wrench you are using to reconnect the battery cable. Those sparks sure were pretty!!!

While I had the headlight apart I decided to go ahead and polish up the bezel's. They turned out pretty nice.

After all my lighting work, I still don't have back-up or hazard lights. Hmmmmm.

To my delight I did see that Pep Boys now carries an American Racing wheel that mimic the old style slotted mags. Much to my dismay, they are pretty pricey. I will really have to start saving up if I want to go new instead of refurbished.

O.k. so back to the lighting problems. I will have to consult the Dr. when he arrives on Monday to see what he says.