hood light...other things.

[Guest RedCutlassSL]

could anyone tell me what the replacement number is for the hood light. also where can i get a new fuse for the horn. its the fuse thats located in the black box in under the hood. and how can i check to make sure the fluid pump works, cuz no fluid comes out

[Guest RedCutlassSL]

fluid comes out now, nevermind

[paulo57509]

could anyone tell me what the replacement number is for the hood light. also where can i get a new fuse for the horn. its the fuse thats located in the black box in under the hood. and how can i check to make sure the fluid pump works, cuz no fluid comes out

 

Underhood bulb = 561

[Guest RedCutlassSL]

yeah well i replaced, still no light comes on. grr. is there a fuse on that?

[paulo57509]

yeah well i replaced, still no light comes on. grr. is there a fuse on that?

 

Probably, but I would think that this light wouldn't have its own fuse and would be fused along with some other lights.

 

Unplug the electrical connector from the lamp housing and probe it with a volt meter. There should be 12 volts there. If not, you need to trace the circuit backwards from there. An electrical schematic will help.

 

If there is 12 volts at the connector, the problem might be with the lamp housing. I would imagine that there is some kind of mercury or "tilt" switch in there that might be bad.

[Guest]

also, my ends had corroded pretty badly. I had to sand it down real good, and it worked fine after that.

 

Taylor

[88Intl]

BTW, on my truck I put a crimp-on bullet connector inline with the ground (not hot) side of the hood light. This can be disconnected so as not to drain the battery when leaving the hood open a long time.