Front turn signal problem

[Blue71]

Thought I had it licked. Put the grill back on and hooked up all the lights and grounds on the 77 resto (stock harness). Turn signals worked front and rear. Rear brake lights work. Pull the headlight switch and all lights light up including marker lights, but now the front signal lights don't blink when I hit the turn signal arm. The rear signals jstill blink though. This only happens when headlight switch is on. Turn headlight switch all the way off and I have front turn signals blinking again. When all lights are on and I hit turn signal....you can see the bulb slightly pulsating, but not very strong at all...in fact from 5 feet away you can't tell it's blinking at all. I have all new bulbs, and signal lights are brand new units. Any ideas? Under dash round flashers are both new.

Thanks,

Andy
Blue71

 

[Viperwolf1]

It's common for new front light buckets to be wired incorrectly. This makes the turn filament the dimmer one.

 

[Blue71]

Viper, is there a a way to fix it easily? Thanks,

Andy
Blue71

 

[Viperwolf1]

You could pop out the fiber contact plate and turn it 180. You might have to do a little trimming on it.

 

[Explorer]

You could pop out the fiber contact plate and turn it 180. You might have to do a little trimming on it.

X2 being the neatest/best way. Other option is just cut, swap, and splice the socket wires. This issue has been going on so long, you would think it would have been corrected by now.

 

[Blue71]

Awesome...thanks to Explorer and Viper. I cut and swapped the wires. Why in the world would these be wired wrong? That's just nuts. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. All fixed up one..brown to green...green to brown. All is good now and working properly.