1979 Pontiac Firebird tailight problem

Tiny
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  • 1979 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
Electrical problem
1979 Pontiac Firebird V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic

I have an old chev cpe with 79 firebird column and painless wireing. Problem is when lights are turned on. With lights off everthing works good, but when you turn on lights r turn blinker causes also third light to come on not blink, and when L turn causes left tail light to go out and blinker works
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 AT 3:04 PM

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Tiny
MERLIN2021
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Have seen strange stuff happen when the wrong type bulb(s) are used. Brake light is 1157 and running light is 1156 check the pigtail and see if it has one or two contacts inside, use only like bulbs! If a 1156 bulb(one contact) is used in an 1157 (two contact) pigtail, all kinds of madness ensues!
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 AT 3:22 PM

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