Re: [SilverStreak] Newbie electrical ground question

["Jd Lyall" <news@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.