Taillight issues

78pontiacibu

Amateur Racer
May 7, 2011
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My car is a 78 LeMans. I have changed most of it to malibu parts. I bought taillights and quter extenions from a 78 malibu........and now the trouble begins. The wiring harness is at first glance the same, but upon closer inspection i found it to be very different. I have a blue wire going to certian sockets. No diagram i can find has this blue wire shown. The sockets themselves are even different. They won't fit in the malibu taillights. I went back and looked at the malibu i got the parts from and it has no blue wire and the fellow is going to use the harness in it. I have instructions to build a harness off of, but after market sockets dont have the same colored wires. HELP!!!
 

81classic

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Jun 5, 2003
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North Port, Fl
grab a test light and start figuring. I believe you should have 5 wires
Ground, Parking Lights, Reverse Lights, Left Turn/Brake & Right Turn/Brake. Does the Lemans have a connecter in the left corner of the trunk like the Malibu? If you are going to replace the sockets you should be able to use the Lemans harness and just move the wires around. You can buy new sockets at NAPA
 

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