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As to taillights, an 850/851/852 had to be near the worst designed taillight socket assembly ever as to its grounding, though if you clean everything up well, convert the passenger side to have both a stop and a running light, paint the inside of the housing gloss white, and run a ground wire from sockets to the frame = THEN, YOU HAVE WONDERFUL REAR LIGHTING.
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Transformer compatibility.
Potential color shift over lamp life.
Performance standardization has not yet been streamlined.
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I think this will help the longevity of the brake light switch.
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Also, the inside of the taillight housings are painted gloss white. And, the taillight sockets have been totally re-thought-out (as original grounding is somewhat poor design to begin with) and also have ground wires that run to a weld flange in the body in trunk.
My 36 has been re-thought out in similar fashion, though I have really not run car other than up and down drive.
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The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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Thank you for your fast feedback.
I will check exact type of light bulbs and flasher and than order parts.
If tail lights are somewhat brighter it will give a a much safer feeling.
Currently we give signal by hand, because you just can not see turning signal. Not good if you are driving in the city.
The only good thing is: Here the Auburn is a real head turner, so that other drivers give a second look and keep distance and are very patient with us.
No angry or agressive horns, just thumbs up.
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When buying the bulbs you have to make sure they are designed for 6V positive ground or they won't work. If your electrical system has been changed from original make sure you get the bulbs that are made for your system.
If you look at Newsletter #1 2019 I did an article on the LED bulbs and installation in a Cord 810/812.
If you have turn signals the LED bulbs do not draw enough current for the flasher to work. You need to install an electronic flasher. The electronic flashers will plug into the same plug as a regular flasher.
Curt - to give you an idea on the power draw of an LED - for the headlights a sealed beam draws 6 amps, Halogen draws 9 amps, I think the original bulbs draw about 8 or 9 amps. The LED draws 2.5 amps.
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LED Light seems to me a good idea. I would like to convert the tail lights, brakelights and rear turn signals. The point is that the 6v standard light bulbs are really weak and last a few months only. Where did you buy the LED bulbs and which ist the correct type? Thank you for further informations.
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