bugeye tail lights

[rossco]

Three wires on each tail light. Red, black, tracer. Which terminals do they go to on light unit?

 

[Bayless]

Black is always ground. Red is tail light. Tracer wire is brake light.

 

[rossco]

Thank you for your reply. My problem is I don't know which of those terminals is which. Two at the bases of the bulbs and one sanding apart.

 

[rossco]

Thank you for your reply. My problem is I don't know which of those terminals is which. Two at the bases of the bulbs and one sanding apart.

That is standing apart. As you know it's a two filament bulb so which wire serves which side of the bulb?

 

[Bayless]

I don't have a bugeye so that I don't know. Someone else will have to come along with that info.

 

[rossco]

Thanks for all your help so far, Bayless. I did run jumpers from each terminal to a test battery. I hooked up the ground to the frame of the light then I jumped from terminal to terminal with the other two wires and found the sides that were dimmest and brightest. I assume the bright is the brake light side. Would that be the tracer wire? Green with purple that goes to the stop light switch.

 

[Bayless]

Right. Brake light brighter and gets G/P wire. Tail light re wire.