1987 Caprice Station Wagon, right turn signal won't come on and dim right side headlights

Tiny
SHAGGIN' WAGON
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  • 1987 CHEVROLET CAPRICE
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The bumper light is very dim and seems to have a bad socket but the head lights are also dim on the right side. The turn signal indicator on the dash is faintly lit. But every thing works fine if you use the emergency flashers. Help I need to drive this at night and I can't because of the one bright head light and one dim head light and no right hand turn flashers either front or back. I am leaning towards a short to ground but the car is in mint condition. I was trying to find a wiring diagram so I could trace wires. Thanks if you can help
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 AT 2:14 AM

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Tiny
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You have a bad ground on the dim side. Follow the black ground wire to its connection to the radiator support and I bet you find a bad connection.

Replace the socket for the turn signal.

Roy
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011 AT 2:16 AM
Tiny
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Thanks for the help. Yes The ground was missing on the passenger side for the headlights. However I replaced the turn signal sockets on both the front and the rear and at first I still had the same problem but as of right now it has worked for the past few days. I hope I don't have a bigger issue with wiring. Thanks for all the help!
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 AT 12:34 AM

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