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Uncle Aaron,
May have forgotten ....
On the newer taillights with the dual filament brake light option, and you seem to not want to bother with that you'll find using a single filament brake light bulb +12 VDC contact at the bulb center bottom may not line up with either the brake light or running light contact in the dual filament bulb holders (white bulb holder for for right tail light and black for left).
So, if you can, use the single contact brake light bulb holder from the tail lights you are replacing. However, I think the receiver (hole) to accept these lamp holders is different between the single filament brake light and the dual filament.
I'm not sure on this. Sort of confused here in memory.
You can alter the tail light housing plastic, yet one wrong move during you mod and you may damage them.
One solution is to mount the brake lamb bulb holder (white for right, black for left) into the tail lights they came with. Remove the +12 VDC running or position from the bulb holder. Use a dual filament bulb. Solder the two +12 VDC contacts (position filament, brake filament) at the dual filament bulb together (those +12 VDC contacts are made of lead and can flow with solder). So you'll have both filament lighted when you press the brakes. You don't want the brake light +12 VDC circuit to back feed the +12 VDC brake light voltage into the running or position light circuit.
If I did not say already, you may want to pull your tail lights out and give them the very warm simple green, dish detergent, and the like solution to get rid of the dust and stuff collecting for decades inside the taillights.
You'll note the'll seriously brighten up.
Both the coupe/sedan/wagon 240 taillights collect a lot of dust and fluff from the open design to vent the heat generating maps.
Also, give the clear reverse lenses a wiggle. The Volvo factory clear reverse lens plastic on the 200/700 multi-panel tail light lens assemblies can come off. I cleaned the lens and mating surface, cleaned the tail light assembly, use silver paint appropriate for the duty to brighten the reflector bowl (no over-spray, please!), and use a UV resistant form of GOOP adhesive (RV, Automotive, or maybe best, Marine) to adhere the lens to the taillight assembly.
I've also found some taillights that leaked around the seams between the lens and the taillight body assembly. Getting all very clean, I smeared some GOOP adhesive around the seam inside the light box space through the bulb holder hole.
Inspect the foamy gaskets. Some folks use a forgivable adhesive to seal the foamy 240 tail light gaskets for all 240s. Forgivable in that you can remove the tail light assemblies without damaging the gasket.
I think that does it.
Questions?
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Sorry to go on. The upstairs apartment people are chain smoking cigarette cartons and feet pounding indicates they've got the nicotine (stain) levels up for a little while.
Spokane, WA - America's White Trash Town. The Epitome. The moral: NEVER, EVER let some crappy company with some job sucker you into it with an in-person interview. The hiring manager refused my offer for an in person interview in March 2007. Stoooooopid, stoooooooooopid, so stupidly me. Caveat emptor, for certain, yet the company and manager were most unethical doing so in suckering me here. A thin veil of "you must relocate (at my expense as I always indicate on resume and cover letter) now or we may pull the job offer".
Sorry to go on so. Looking out a window with nice rain and all the white trash can do is smoke white trash cigarettes and curse the rain. Most of N. America is in ongoing drought conditions. And then they come buy asking me to fix their god damned white trash car they don't care for themselves.
cheers,
dud.
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