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Tim Quinn
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I put the LED's back and they are working perfectly. Day time brightness is great, much brighter than conventional bulbs, good safety feature. Again, thanks to you and all the Y-Blockers who gave advice. Tim Waiting Room for Heaven Florida, 33706
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charliemccraney
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A problem with LED bulbs has to do with the nature of the LED. They are much more directional than an incandescent bulb. With incandescent, light is output nearly as a sphere, which allows light to be, in part directed at a target, but also reflected and focused in a particular way. An LED emits light only in a cone shape, which is fairly narrow. Output from an LED can be very bright straight on but you'll notice that the intensity diminishes not far to the side. The result is that a poorly designed LED bulb will not utilize the reflector properly and be able to direct the light as the engineers intended. The technology is advancing so there may be a good solution eventually so don't write them off entirely. I have LED headlights in my car and truck and they work very well so far BUT they were designed as such, not a retrofit of something like an H4 assembly - the down side, if one does go out, I have to replace the entire headlight. It's like a sealed beam but a lot more expensive.
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I tried a set or two of the led's. In my 56 with the faux Mercury tail lights they don't really look any brighter. Same thing in the roadster with regular round hot rod tail lights. They didn't work at all well in my Dodge van. The brake lights had a habit of stopping to function. If I removed and flipped the bulbs they would work for a while and the quit. Rather than take the chance of running without brake lights I removed them. I've been told that the wiring and grounds are probably the culprit. Who knows?
Y's guys rule! Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.
  MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi) Manchester, New Hampshire
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oldcarmark
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So are the Lights working with the LED Bulbs? Thinking about doing Mine especially the B/U Lights. Glad You figured it out. Electrical Problems are a Pain. Give Me mechanical Problems anytime before Electrical.

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Tim Quinn
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Took your advise and pulled out the LED's from the tail lights. For some unknown reason, I looked inside the bulb housing on the right hand light. BOOM/BANG !!! THERE WAS THE PROBLEM !!!! In the housing, the green wire had worked it's way out and was shorting out against the other wire. Put the green wire back where it belongs and PRESTO CHANGEO NO MORE PROBLEM. Want to thank everyone who responded to this problem, YOU GUYS ARE PRICELESS !!! Tim Mud Key Central Florida 33706
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oldcarmark
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As I understand it the LED Bulbs are Polarity Sensitive. Not sure how that works with double Element Bulbs but getting it working with regular Bulbs eliminates that Possibility.

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Tim Quinn
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LED bulbs are only in the tail lights. I'll test your theory of using original bulbs and let you know what happened. Thanks for the advice. Tim
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Tim Quinn (5/26/2020)
Light bulbs are LED and we switched 'em, right to left. Tim try the System with standard Bulbs instead of LED Bulbs. Get it working properly before using the LED. Are U using LED Bulbs in the Dash or just the Front Parking and Rear Taillights? I suspect part of your Problems are the LED.

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Tim Quinn
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Sorry, should have mentioned that it is a '56 Crown Victoria
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Tim Quinn
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Light bulbs are LED and we switched 'em, right to left.
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