1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!!

Posted By: wkroncke17

1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/22/13 11:38 PM

All,
Once again, the car is put together and running, but I have no lights...the fuses are ok, I'm not good with wiring at all....
Has anyone had this happen after painting and putting the car back together?

Posted By: jt4406

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/22/13 11:42 PM

Check your headlight grounds, fresh paint is a good insulator.

jess

Posted By: moparpollack

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 12:17 AM

Switch or ground!

Do you have dash lights?

Posted By: 440PURSUIT

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 12:39 AM

Bulkhead connector may have issues. Turn them on and then apply pressure to the plug on engine side or twist some. You can also undo the forward light harness there and check for Voltage....

Good Luck.

Posted By: hemi68charger

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 04:03 AM

Don't forget to look at the dimmer switch on the floor........

Posted By: wkroncke17

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 05:04 PM

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Switch or ground!

Do you have dash lights?

I do have dash lights!

Posted By: wkroncke17

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 05:08 PM

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Don't forget to look at the dimmer switch on the floor........

To make sure it didn't come disconnected?
I didn't take that out.

Posted By: wkroncke17

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 05:11 PM

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Check your headlight grounds, fresh paint is a good insulator.
jess

Jess, please forgive my ignorance of wiring/electrical, but where are the headlight grounds?
Thanks!
Wally

Posted By: moparpollack

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 07:26 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Check your headlight grounds, fresh paint is a good insulator.
jess

Jess, please forgive my ignorance of wiring/electrical, but where are the headlight grounds?
Thanks!
Wally

Look along the top of the radiator support for screw holes. The ground wire is on headlight harness.

Posted By: jt4406

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 07:45 PM

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The ground wire is on headlight harness.

John is right, go to the back of your headlites, follow the wires off them, one will go to a ground screw, but may go into the harness first, follow along it til you find it. Be aware of you connectors for any wires that may have broken off close to a pigtail.
jess

Posted By: Sinitro

Re: 1969 Coronet R/T - NO LIGHTS!! - 11/23/13 08:18 PM

Most likely a bad ground under the paint...
EZ to troubleshoot...
Make a long wire lead of 14 guage or higher...
1. Ground 1 end to the chassis or battery -
2. Turn the headlites ON
3. Ground the wire lead to the headlite housing

What happens?
A. If the headlites turn ON, then you have a bad ground
B. If the headlites don't turn ON, then you have no 12V+ going to the headlites, need to recheck wiring harness, bulkhead connectors, headlite switch and lo/hi beam switch

Just my $0.05...