Re: E32 Lic Plate Lights Error

thx  - I found the problem just as you described - broken ground wire in 
the articulating ****tion of the harness


"PDO" <philost@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I'll check it out and get back - thx
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> "Scott Dorsey" <kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >1994 740iL
>>>The Lic Plate Lights (in trunk lid) will not turn on.  Interesting
thing 
>>>is
>>>that when I lift the trunk lid to the full stop, they both turn on. 
When 
>>>I
>>>lower the trunk lid, they turn off again.  Any ideas from you
electrical
>>>gurus?  I need to get these working to pass VA inspection.
>>
>> 1. Bad connection... when you lift the trunk, it moves the wires around

>> and
>>   makes a good connection.  Wiggle things and see.
>>
>> 2. Bad ground... but when the trunk light is turned on, the license
plate
>>   lights get grounded through the trunk light circuit.
>>
>> --scott
>> -- 
>> "C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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