1929 Chevrolet International - 4 Door Sedan Project by BearsFan315

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spent time today validating lighting. hooked up the battery and then checked signal lights installed. left works, right works, and hazard. and the LEDs are nice and bright !! also includes the third brake light i installed in the window via suction cups :) also has a connector just behind the seat so i can disconnect or tuck behind seat if needed. actually got it from Brake Lighter the factory brake light is the standard incandescent one.

all brake with lights on in garage

lights out

close up of incandescent tail/stop light

close up of Brake Lighter

tail light on brake light

tail light shining down

tested the dome light, knew it would work, Ted installed and configured it, so no issues there :)

Fun part was the Headlamps and Parking Lamps. since i have NOT rebuilt the headlamps yet, i rigged up a ground for each lamp socket and hooked up the pigtails directly to the new connector i did up. PO told me they were acting up or not wired correctly. when you turn them to park on the switch, the headlights come on ?!? then when you go to On the parking lights come on. i chased all the wires and made sure everything was correct, and under the dash the parking light and headlamp wires were revered. so swapped those around. now they work correctly with the dimmer switch on the floor as well. low beam is a single filament, high beam both filaments.

while tinkering around realized that the dash light was NOT working. had a new bulb and everything. pulled out the socket and tested voltage had full 6.4 volts going in, but no light. i metered inside socket to chassis ground. realized that the housing was tarnished over and would not ground.
pulled out the socket, cleaned it up with the dremel and we have light !! reinstalled and away we go.

with the brakes, realized that the light does NOT come on till the pedal is about 3/4 way to the floor. i know you can adjust the lever on that engages the switch. how does everyone set theirs ?? i pulled the brake switch out and it look good,tested with a meter and it does not make contact will 3/4 way through swing from open to closed.

the little piece that rotates and pushed the copper bar down for contact, should that have a flat spot on the bottom ?? third picture down