Re: [SilverStreak] Newbie electrical ground question

["Bev Harris" <zia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the response!  I'll double check both wires on both sides.

Bev
On 18 Mar 2008 at 9:10, Jd Lyall wrote:

Date sent:      	Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:10:49 -0500
From:           	Jd Lyall <news@lyalls.net>
Organization:   	Not Hardly S.A.
To:             	sslist@tompatterson.com
Subject:        	Re: [SilverStreak] Newbie electrical ground question
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> Bev Harris wrote:
> > I've been reading messages, and I'm hoping you folks can help.  We picked 
> > up our "new-to-us"  '64 SS 19' Saber.  The tail lights were acting wacko and 
> > after researching on the web, I have finally figured out that the left tail light is 
> > not grounded.  The ground wire coming out at the fixture doesn't look bad 
> > (there are 2 wires, one green and one black; since the black one is the 
> > ground on the right side, I assume the black is the ground on the left side).  I 
> > peeled back a little bit of the insulation on the black wire in "front" of the 
> > crimped connector that creates the splice to the light fixture hoping maybe 
> > the splice was bad and I'd find a ground connection, but I didn't.   I'd like to 
> > ground it, but cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it without tearing 
> > into the shell.
> > 
> > Any and all advice is welcome.
> 
> Black is supposed to be hot, white negative and green ground. You'll 
> have to put a multimeter on it to check the black and white. Check the 
> polarity. A radio shack meter has red for positive and black for negative.
>