82 Spider License Plate Light

[ylbill]

Don't know where to go from here. Changed out my license plate lights since I had the holders off for re-chroming. Never noticed if it worked prior to taking them off. Drivers side works fine, but nothing on passenger side. Put a tester on the connector and nothing. I know tracing electrical problems can be a nightmare, so any head start I can get would be appreciated.
82 Spider FI

[rlux4]

Have you downloaded Brad Artigue's wiring diagrams yet?
These are the clearest and easiest to read that I've found available, and they're in a format that will let you enlarge them to any size and still maintain clarity. I have my set copied from Kinkos at 14X18 and even an old guy like me can read them.
http://www.artigue.com/fiatcontent/wiri ... 0_1982.pdf
Page 3 will show you that each lic. plate light is supplied power through a yellow wire from it's respective side's tail light board. You should also check that the ground wires to each are making solid contact.
Ron

[ylbill]

Have you downloaded Brad Artigue's wiring diagrams yet?
These are the clearest and easiest to read that I've found available, and they're in a format that will let you enlarge them to any size and still maintain clarity. I have my set copied from Kinkos at 14X18 and even an old guy like me can read them.
http://www.artigue.com/fiatcontent/wiri ... 0_1982.pdf
Page 3 will show you that each lic. plate light is supplied power through a yellow wire from it's respective side's tail light board. You should also check that the ground wires to each are making solid contact.
Ron

Thanks Ron, this should help a lot! I do know that the left wire is yellow, but the right is red and black or gray, so not sure why the difference?

[rlux4]

The different color could be one of two things; a PO changed it, or (which is not unusual) the factory grabbed whatever was available when the yellow wire spool got empty.
Ron