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Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on apache3600 #974285 09/25/2013 6:03 AM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 54 Seattle, WA A apache3600 Wrench Fetcher
apache3600 Wrench Fetcher A Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 54 Seattle, WA	Uhmmm.. after just rereading the earlier responses, it seems that possibly the body alone is the ground to the battery and the frame has nothing to do with it. In that case, I'm guessing my installation of a ground strap from the bed to the frame is completely useless, unless I consider it a nice reminder of how I sometimes get things a little bit wrong but learn something from it in the end. James

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'59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	apache3600	06/28/2013 9:25 PM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	bartamos	06/29/2013 2:30 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	truckernix	06/29/2013 6:35 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	Roy Rodgers	06/29/2013 7:54 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	Squire	06/29/2013 8:29 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	55shaker	06/29/2013 10:56 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	Cletis	06/29/2013 11:56 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	apache3600	07/01/2013 7:46 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	Flxible	07/01/2013 9:21 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	Mikeybakken	07/01/2013 9:24 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	bartamos	07/01/2013 1:37 PM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	apache3600	09/25/2013 5:51 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	apache3600	09/25/2013 6:03 AM
Re: '59 Apache - rear turn signals very dim when tail lights are on	Flxible	09/25/2013 10:20 AM

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