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The majority of lighting failure is caused by the "bullet" connectors. These were used for factory assembly. Follow the wire until you find a bullet connector. It is a rubber covered tube with wires into each end. Usually the rubber has hardened and fallen off, and will cause a short of it touches any part of the body and frame. During restoration we remove the connectors and solder the wires together, then use heat shrink tubing to cover the splice. For the purists, it looks like the original. The repro connectors are mostly plastic covered, and are as troublesome as the old originals.