Help. Tailight doesn't work!

[CrazyAsianBoi]

I recently switched the 240sx centerpiece with the 180sx and the reverse lights doesn't come on even when I am in reverse. The other tailights work thought. Help anyone.
Modified by CrazyAsianBoi at 11:20 AM 8/23/2007

[Leash]

Check the bulbs, check for clean connections, connected wiring, proper grounding, fuses, ect..Seriously we just had a thread like this the other day.

[CrazyAsianBoi]

Yeah I saw it when I used the red search button but it didnt answer my question. It was for the brake lights not the centerpiece. I dont thing it is the bulbs. Everything is connected back exactly the way I took it out.

[Leash]

A lot of the problems with the s13 tail like in general is just dirty connections. If you 'think' bulbs aren't the problem then you need to check them anyways.

The sockets are pretty much the same throughout the whole tail light section. If the connections are dirty it won't provide a clean connection (especially around the ground wire).

Have you double checked your fuses?

[CrazyAsianBoi]

I didn't check the fuses but when I took the bulbs out of my 240sx centerpiece, it seems like one of the bulbs where connected to the connector. I could see a small wire coming in the bulb it shouldn't matter because I am switching to the 180sx centerpiece. The connectors to that is just like the ones for the brake lights. The connector has one input and the bulb also has one input. Maybe you are right, I should check the fuses. What do I look for while checking it?
Modified by CrazyAsianBoi at 11:51 AM 8/23/2007

[Leash]

Which 180sx center piece are you using? (The chuki or the kouki?)

You don't need to use the hardware that stock 180sx chuki piece comes with. Just unclip the ones off your 240sx one and attach it to the 180sx one.

[CrazyAsianBoi]

The chuki (the one that looks exactly like the 240sx). The wiring and installation is exactly the same. Colored wires match and everything. Still not working. My best bet is just bring it to my mechanic and let him see whats wrong.