Lee, To go one step futher. When I fix the boards I hook them up on the bench with the voltage going to the lights and after I solder all the joints, I flex the board just a little , move the bulbs in the sockets, put in a little electrical grease in them and touch down on all the joints with something just to make sure all is well and secure. Before I started doing this, I would re assemble the light board just to find another problem in another spot. John Hervey www.specialTauto.com Home of The Fan Fix --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx> wrote: > Day 13, my first actual repair. Left tail light didn't work. Easy > access, easy repair. Take out the 6 screws, push gently on the plastic > catch on the inside, unplug the connector and you've got the board and > bulbs in your hands. The way this is made, many bad or intermittent > connections have to occur on these light assemblies. Much riveting, no > soldering. I hooked up the board without the lenses and my tail light > would come on by moving the socket. Bad, connection to the shell of the > bulb. The solution, solder it. Clean off a little spot on each side of > the socket shell and strip, (sand it, scrape it, whatever) and solder it > to the strip. When you solder, use soldering paste, no acid flux or > core. I don't really want a big argument about using paste, I'm older > than you and I've been doing it longer than you and I don't want to > explain the why of it at this time, maybe later. Thanks.