Doing some upgrades on the '81 245 glt. Purchased some amber front turn signal lenses and housing from Canada to replace my trashed clear ones. Looked like a straight swap out. Connected all the wires and it looked great.
Opened the driver's door, smelled and saw smoke. Thought it was my cigarette at first. Then I realized thatit wasn't. Turned off key. Looked at fuses and they were all good. Took cover off lens and noticed that the bulb was a different size compared my old one. Smaller bulb but apparently higher amperage. That must have been enough to cook the wire someplace. Now I have to trace it out and find the culprit wire. Will probably install a relay or see if there is 3.5 watt bulub out there with the same base. The other one I think is a 4 amp.

Lesson learned. I guess there are some slight differences between the Yank and Canuk versions!

Slight correction. The turn signal lights work fine. It's the parking light.