I would take the parking light apart and look at the socket carefully. There is a bad ground (maybe at G101?). Visit the Ogre's cave for a lot more info on 'sneak path' electrical problems.
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There is a gasket that keeps the light separated for all the indicator lights. It's made of foam, very thin and breaks easily. You're probably just getting light bleed through.
To replace the gasket will take time as you have to remove the gauge cluster and take it apart.
I have the same problem after converting my 86 to the Generation 2 system. It isn't the gasket. Like Ray, the indicator light stays fully illuminated when the lights are on. The left front side marker nor parking light is lighted, but they work when the left turn signal is activated.
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Doesn't do damage to the car but likely front turn/park bulb isn't working right as covered in my cave.
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Originally posted by fierofool: The only down side of it is that we may get a ticket for defective equipment. But I have bought a new socket. Just haven't installed it.
And Depending on state when you get a ticket... may get points as well as fine money for equipment violations. Points are worse then whatever fine because is on Driver records for 1-3 years and available to insurance co's. Out of state points can follow you back home too.
As I said, all the outside blinkers work perfectly with the lights on or off.
As to malfunctioning equipment summons, LEO's would have to be sitting behind the wheel with the lights on to see the malfunction.
Maybe if you were a d*ck during the stop I suppose but having been stopped a few times over the last 50 years, never once acting like said d*ick, I've never had the cop get in my car and look for equipment malfunctions.
Does your parking light and clearance marker illuminate? That's where the defective equipment citation would be seen from outside. Mine work, when the turn signal is activated, but don't illuminate, otherwise.
Yes, everything lights up normally. High beams, low beams, parking lights and turn signals front and rear.
Plus, with the lights on the LH green indicator light blinks the way it should when the stalk in depressed for a left turn. It returns to constantly lit after the turn is completed.
I've seen this happen twice on other GM vehicles. One time it was water that had gotten inside of a trunk, the tail-light harness junction was submerged. Fixing the leak and drying the connections fixed the problem.
2nd time, someone had mistakenly installed a 1156 (single filament) bulb where an 1157 (dual filament) bulb should have been. A fuse blew and caused a ghost current (or whatever it's called when electricity is redirected).
If everything is dry, I would remove one bulb at a time, checking the green indicator each time you take a bulb out. Don't put the bulbs back in until you find the one that turns the indicator off. Then hopefully you'll know which circuit to follow.
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Originally posted by donuteater306: 2nd time, someone had mistakenly installed a 2057 (single filament) bulb where an 1157 (dual filament) bulb should have been. A fuse blew and caused a ghost current (or whatever it's called when electricity is redirected).
2057 1157 2357 are all dual filaments and bulb base is same for them and Fiero OE bulbs for brake/park/turn are 2057. Only diff is power used by the filaments. (Later GM and some others have 3x57 bulbs and are same as 2x57/1157 but have a wedge type base.) Some sockets let you to used 1156 and other single filament bulbs and can short the socket power pins to each other. This often won't blow a fuse when that happens. See my Cave, Lighbulbs
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Ogre, I and the '88 GT I'm restoring thank you. The ground was loose in the left front turn signal socket. Because of your post and info, it took me 5 minutes to remedy. Thanks so much!
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