Ebay Tails GONE! Stocks on, UNhacked Wiring, Left running lights OUT.
05-15-13, 09:49 AM
#16
Studiogeek, my guess is that the Altezza lights had separate running lights and brake lights. That green wire, due to the fact that the running lights do not work, is probably the switched power wire to them.
I would take all the power wires from each running light and splice them together (or find where they run to) and then splice that green wire into them. That should work.
If it doesn't...Let me know.
I would take all the power wires from each running light and splice them together (or find where they run to) and then splice that green wire into them. That should work.
If it doesn't...Let me know.
05-15-13, 01:08 PM
#18
Studiogeek, my guess is that the Altezza lights had separate running lights and brake lights. That green wire, due to the fact that the running lights do not work, is probably the switched power wire to them.
I would take all the power wires from each running light and splice them together (or find where they run to) and then splice that green wire into them. That should work.
If it doesn't...Let me know.
I would take all the power wires from each running light and splice them together (or find where they run to) and then splice that green wire into them. That should work.
If it doesn't...Let me know.
Thank You!!!
Thank You!!
And yes I did polish them
Just a quick one before i put them on. I'm going to do it seriously after i get them working.
05-15-13, 02:25 PM
#19
Yes, it makes sense to use the multi-meter to see if the green wire is getting power when it is supposed to be switched on, definitely worth a try, but may I suggest something far simpler? Replace the bulb, it may be that you did the wiring correctly, but one of the bulbs just happened to go bad when it was shipped to you, or removed off the old car. I recently upgraded my tails to 97's, and spent a lil while digging around on the harness with my DMM before I had the bright idea to simply replace the bulb, now everything works fine.
05-15-13, 02:25 PM
#20
I can't even believe the difference that alone made, looking good, I would try and remove all the splices and match the original wires back up hopefully that should get it all working again.
It shouldn't be too hard to get the running light working again thats all that seems to be left If I am seeing right.
also make sure the bulb is good, try swapping with the ones from the other side, they can go bad if you start moving the tail lights around alot.
The tail light harness unplugs from in the trunk, so worst case scenario you just swap it out for a good one, like when I went from 95 to 97 tails, I took out the old harness with the tails, and put the 97 harness and tails in. I have the original 95 harnesses somewhere but finding them would be the hardest part.
It shouldn't be too hard to get the running light working again thats all that seems to be left If I am seeing right.
also make sure the bulb is good, try swapping with the ones from the other side, they can go bad if you start moving the tail lights around alot.
The tail light harness unplugs from in the trunk, so worst case scenario you just swap it out for a good one, like when I went from 95 to 97 tails, I took out the old harness with the tails, and put the 97 harness and tails in. I have the original 95 harnesses somewhere but finding them would be the hardest part.
Yes, that is what I believe i did. It's just a hunch but I think maybe the green (switched power?) line on the cars harness may be dead on the left side. Maybe thats why it was spliced from the right side harness. Maybe if I can find where it starts, I can re-run the wire back to the harness/light. The harness on the light looks good but never know.
Thanks Man,
Going back out there to battle some more.
05-15-13, 02:28 PM
#21
Yes, it makes sense to use the multi-meter to see if the green wire is getting power when it is supposed to be switched on, definitely worth a try, but may I suggest something far simpler? Replace the bulb, it may be that you did the wiring correctly, but one of the bulbs just happened to go bad when it was shipped to you, or removed off the old car. I recently upgraded my tails to 97's, and spent a lil while digging around on the harness with my DMM before I had the bright idea to simply replace the bulb, now everything works fine.
Thank You..
05-15-13, 11:15 PM
#25
Definitely use the multimeter first. If you can't get anything from the one on the left side then see what you test on the right. Otherwise, if you can't get the multimeter to show you what you want see if you can make a jumper wire to see if you can connect the green wire and just one running light, that way you'll know for sure that that is what it is. Sorry if that made no sense, I've spend the last 12 hours working on car stuff lol!
05-17-13, 07:02 PM
#26
Thanks for your help guys.
The switched power from the front was dead on the multimeter so I jumped it from the other side. It's a temporary fix until i can see where it is broken.
I'm pretty lousy at this stuff, but i'm getting better.
The switched power from the front was dead on the multimeter so I jumped it from the other side. It's a temporary fix until i can see where it is broken.
I'm pretty lousy at this stuff, but i'm getting better.
