Question on 1966 Corvette Interior Lighting

[Larry E.]

Re: Question on 1966 Corvette Interior Lighting

Larry,
The two wires at your passenger side courtesy light socket should be white (ground circuit) and orange (hot). If the ground is black someone probably replaced the socket at some time. If the light goes on when you open the drivers door or turn the light switch knob all the way left then your black wire is spliced correctly into white wire ground circuit. Splicing your passenger side door switch into that wire should work OK. It will provide the contact to ground for the entire white wire courtesy ground circuit when the door is opened and all your courtesy lights & dome light should go on.

Ed: When looking under the dash I found the White wire that had been cut. All I did was to connect the short White wire by
the switch to this White wire. Just spliced(soldered a wire to connect both) Works fine now. I found it odd that both original
switches where bad. At any rate thanks much for helping me. Larry