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67 Charger - Tailights not working

Dean Prevolos

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The turn signal lights work, the brakes lights works but the taillights won't work with my light switch on at night. I have changed the headlight switch 3 times, with new switches. I am hearing the answer " IT'S THE GROUND WIRE". But how is it that my turn signals work and brake lights work but no tailights? My car is a 4 speed, if anyone needs to know that fact.

Any suggestions are appreciated. I've spent so much time on this I am resolved to driving in the daytime only, HELP.
 
Yes. Not a ground issue since each bulb shares the ground.
Unless every bulb has a bad ground since you say none work and it's a very strange situation.
According to these prints I drew up when building one of these cars there is a resistance connection somewhere in that circuit.
The trunk area? That would be my guess since the circuits are separate and from what you say.
I pulled most of this from factory prints with my improvements to some unclear and unrelated front end things
Does your license plate lamp work? It's not fed through the resistance. The splice is probably OK.
Turn signals and tail lights FINAL.jpg
 
I have a 66 and looking at my shop manual schematics, I see some slight differences in the wiring between 67 and my 66. In both cases, the voltage for tail lights comes from terminal "B" on the headlamp switch. On my 66, it's a black wire, designated L-7 on the schematic and wire table. That wire goes to the connector for "body wiring". The other side of that connector it's still a black wire designated L-7.
I have a hard time seeing the numbers on the posted schematic when I zoom into it, but it appears that L-7 is the same wire designation for taillights inn both a 66 & 67.
That wire goes to a "common point " which is what they called a "welded joint" that joins (splices), then fans out to the sockets for each of the six tail lamps to supply + 12 V to the "tail light" filament of all 6 dual filament tail lamp bulbs. In the case of your 67 schematic, there is a "resistance" wire just prior to that common feed point in the path of wire L-7. Speedbird is correct.. Check your license plate light, as it's fed voltage prior to the resistance wire. if it works, your problem must be the "resistance wire" which is in the bundle of wiring between dash and trunk area. Not sure, but I believe that "Body Wiring" connector is in rear trunk area. Bad wire, bad connector pin/crimp or bad resistance wire, can't see what else it could possibly be if license plate light works.
 
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B2 on the headlight switch is power in for the tail / park lamps. Make sure you have power there.
B1 is power in for headlights only.

Both should have power anytime the battery is connected.
 
In my experience when electrical issues don’t make sense, it’s most often a problem with ground(s)
 
The resistance wire is inline with the harness in the trunk by the jack. See if there's power going to the resistance wire in
 
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