1929 Chevrolet International - 4 Door Sedan Project by BearsFan315

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got my headlights installed and doing a test.

Parking lamps, look the same brightness and intensity

Headlamps either LOW or HIGH the drivers side is DIMMER than the passenger side

i removed the left assembly cleaned out the area around the socket, cleaned the socket, put that back together, then on the bucket wire brushed the paint off the threads removed paint off the top end of the nut where it touched the cup washer, stripped paint off the flat face that touches the nut, and the headlamp bar. stripped off paint on the headlamp bar that cup mounts to. so all those areas are metal on metal.

seems that the headlamp bar has a solid ground since the other headlamp is bright and full.

tried a test and ran a jumper ground from engine and touched it against the armor cable on drivers side and bulbs brightens up, then touched it against the passenger side and no change, so tells me passenger is grounded completely. also touched it against the socket housing on the bulbs and same results. there seems to be NO difference in the brightness of the parking lamp on either side when doing this.

did a second test of running a ground from battery directly and the same results.

9-6-2019

well went out and messed with the headlamps again tonight
decided to do a test to see if it is hte bucket or something else, so i swapped the reflectors assembly w/ pigtail from drivers to passenger, and test. and the drivers is still dim. so know it is bucket specific with the ground.
used my ohm meter and tested chasis ground to the headlamp bar and read o ohms, so know i have a pretty good ground.
pulled the bucket assembly off, and cleaned off all paint and primer on all connecting points. reassembled it using the carbon conductive grease to help prevent corrosion. then put in the reflector assemblies, for a test
this test was successful, both lights are bright and clear, did a ground jump wire test just to be sure and no difference in the brightness on either, so i am content for now that the ground is fixed.... i hope

decided to see if the fuel pump would prime.  

hooked up the tank line to the pump inlet, then the carburetor line to the outlet.

pumped for 10 seconds... nothing

another 10 seconds and fuel starts filling bowl

another 10 seconds bowl is full

so have to say pump is officially pumping ;)  tomorrow plan to see if we can prime the carb (get fuel to it) then see if it will start & run, or at least try to.