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Date:         Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:28:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Rasmussen <michael@JAMHOME.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Rasmussen <michael@JAMHOME.US>
Subject:      Tail Lights & Good Samaritans
In-Reply-To:  <PNELLDJMDAENDKODABPCOEJKEAAA.badkarma@ttlc.net>
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On our way to Easter lunch we stopped at a stoplight. I turned to continue a conversation with my wife and she screamed. Someone had appeared at the driver's door. He looked OK so I rolled down the window. "Both your brake lights are out and you only have a right tail light." I said Thank YOU! and he rushed back to his car.

I'd installed high intensity bulbs from Terry Kay last October and kept all of the original bulbs as spares. (Sometimes you get lucky...) We turned off at the next intersection and I replaced the brake, left running light and left turn signal.

Six months is a pretty short time for a set of bulbs. And I know I replaced a running light in December or January. Tomorrow I'll pick up a set of spare bulbs and add "check the lights" to my weekly schedule.

On the chance it's not the bulbs, it's the _____, what should I check out?

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 02:19:44AM -0500, Jay Brown wrote: > I used to run the higher wattage bulbs from Terry Kay, but found that mine > didn't last very long. I always buy a spare for every bulb that I purchase > since they are small and easy to stow away in the van.

-- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Trading kilograms for kilometers since 2003 Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity http://www.jamhome.us/ The Fortune Cookie Fortune today is: I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. ~ Crash Davis (Bull Durham)


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