RE:1990 Buick Century

["Rodney Moore" <m6bigdog@xxxxxxxx>]

Damian,
If I remember correctly from my buddy that does Chevy's (common designs) the
dish lights are in series.  Therefore, if one lamp fails then they all go
out.  I believe he would just replace all the lamps at the same time and
make short work of the problem to reduce the possibility of other lamps
failing. The intermittent is common with lamps when the filament first
fails, the separated element can sometime become reconnected when the
vehicle hits a bump, however this filament reconnection usually doesn't last
long.  If you are unable to find a bad lamp then you may want to do some
troubleshooting of the dimmer or inter-connecting circuits.

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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 06:08:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Damian Horner <damianhorner@domain.elided>
Subject: 1990 Buick Century
Yes, I know it's not a BMW and I'm sorry I have to send this here.  I have a
1983 533i and have received lots of advice on keeping it on the road and
hoped someone might know about this other problem I'm having.
My brother in-law has a Buick Century and has been having electrical
problems.  When he turns on the headlights, the front bulbs light but the
rear (and interior dash lights) don't.
I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening and have
checked his fuses and each of the bulbs and the switch itself but have found
nothing.
The problem seems intermittent, for a week or so they didn't work and then
they started again.  Now they've stopped.
He just spent over $1000 on the car and can't afford to just 'bring it to a
dealer' to have them work on it for a few hundred dollars.
Any ideas would be very ,much appreciated.
Damian Horner.
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Rod...
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Rodney Moore
BMW CCA #86830
Golden Gate Chapter
m6bigdog@domain.elided

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