[kjazz1958]

I have the somewhat common tail light "melted ground" issue. I did order a replacement plug kit, but I am wondering if I might be able to simply splice the brown ground wire to the chassis. This would be simpler than having to strip and splice all the wires. The question is: will it work and can I attached the new ground to any metal to achieve an adequate ground?

[MarcoZandrini]

It will likely work fine.

[kjazz1958]

Thanks for the reply! I'll give it a try.

[owenscj21]

Post back when done. I'm curious if this works out for you.

Having the same issue, I recently changed out the bulb holder and replaced with the new harness.

In hindsight, I think it may have been easier to de-pin the old connector and only pin and add the affected ground wire. Would have been much easier than trying to crimp the other 7 pins.

[f22liam]

Did this end up working for you?

[kjazz1958]

Sorry for delay. No, this did not work. I suspect the place where i attempted to screw in the alternate ground did not provide a proper ground. I drilled a hole into the metal housing. Not sure what to try next.

[harma24]

https://www.2addicts.com/forums/show....php?t=1663556

[Uridian]

I cut the wire outside the housing, spliced in a split a soldered to the locations in this post.

https://www.2addicts.com/forums/show...67&postcount=6

I did that about a year ago and it's been holding up just fine.