My 72 Skylark Convt the pass side rear courtesy light is not working. I pulled the lens, I put in a working light bulb, moved it around, jiggled it, no light coming on. How does the light housing come out of the panel back there?
Should be 2 screws on either side of the bulb which will let the bezel come out of the well cover bottom. Socket just pushes in the back of bezel. Make sure your using 2 prong bulb think it’s a 90 at that location.
They are bad to burn up where the wire enters the socket,..most likely only a strand or two still holding on
The bulbs that I pulled from the front floor lights were 89's. I would thinl all four would be the same???
Nope, 89’s in the front it’s a single prong bulb. If you look in the socket on the rears should be two prongs in socket, orange and white. Need a two prong bulb 90. That socket is always hot and needs a ground to come on which is the door switch. By using a single bulb it either does not make contact, grounds when door is shut or will ground and blow fuse. Put 90.s in that location and if wired correctly and no other issues I bet they work. Let me know what happens.
Thanks. Speaking of door switch, the pass door when open does not turn any of the lights on. I assume the door jamb switch is prob the issue if the wires to it are in good shape.
That’s a single white wire door switch on pass side. Contact could just need cleaned. Check switch to make sure moves freely and clean back and terminal and check it again or just replace it. At least that one is easy to get to. The single wire is just providing a ground when door is open to turn on lights.
Before you start pulling apart the rear courtesy lights, check to make sure you have power to the lens.
