working out all the electrical issues now..
I had to buy a couple new sockets from Napa. They are all two wire. The reverse socket on the drivers side has two light green wires going in (pass through I guess) so easy. The other side there is only one light green wire to hook up all though the lamp socket I have has a black n white. I cant get the darn thing to light up. What do I do with the other wire ground it? Cut it? I am using the right bulbs I hope to geesh lol my darn reverse light not working. The indicator on the dash stays lit green on the messed up side. Yet the turn signal and break lights work. I think its the two wire socket?

The lights ground through the metal tabs on the socket. All the wires coming out of the socket carry power to the bulb. There's two wires because your taillights are double filament bulbs, you need a wire for each filament. Don't cut or connect any of the wires to ground.

Using the original wiring? Get a test light and turn on each light individually (taillights, brakes, signals) and figure out which wires are "hot" and connect to the appropriate sockets.

Its the orig wiring harness but I had to replace some sockets from Napa. I only have one light gren wire left after attaching the dark brown and dark green to the brake, turn socket. I suppose that is the reverse wire. The new socket I bought has a black and white (two wire) which of those do I hook up to the green balck or white and does it matter? And what do I do with the extra wire on the socket>? lol

Its the orig wiring harness but I had to replace some sockets from Napa. I only have one light gren wire left after attaching the dark brown and dark green to the brake, turn socket. I suppose that is the reverse wire. The new socket I bought has a black and white (two wire) which of those do I hook up to the green balck or white and does it matter? And what do I do with the extra wire on the socket>? lol

Yes it does matter, at least on my RS it does. I just went through this last night. I put the Napa socket in and the one bulb (RS has 2 1157's per side) was super bright. Swapped them and everythings ok. I have a gremlin in my brakes when the driver directional is on and it turnd out to be in the directional switch in the column. Maybe the column switch has something to do with your problem ? Wiggle the directional lever while a buddy looks at the lights to see if anything cuts in.out. Hope you find your gremlin :)

Ill give that a try but still not sure what to do with that extra wire off that socket lol

On my $12 laminated schematic (best ebay purchase) it shows one green wire going to reverse light and a splice on the other. Can be 2 one being a pass through. Take a test light and see if theres power to the wires when in reverse. The green wire runs to the reverse light switch. Look on Ebay for the 11x17 laminated color wiring schematic. It has helped me out bigtime. Also get it from www.ClassicWiring.com 917 861 9131.

Scratch that, I just took some decent pics of my schematic (both sides and I'm gonna email you the pics.

Email sent

Thanks for all your guy's help. I got pretty much all the electrical gremlins out! I dont know what I would have done without this site. Been such a huge help.

What corrected the problem ?

Jeff
did you get it fixed?

I actually had several gremlins.. The reverse lamp problem was fixed by a couple of your posts.
The light needed to be a single filiment, the paint was making it so it would not ground to the chasis so I sanded around where the socket goes in, I cut the extra wire to the socket so there is only the black wire ataching to the light green reverse lamp socket (thank the wireing diagram emailed =).
The dash lights and fuel gauge that would not turn on and fuel gauge reading above full was there was no ground from the high beam indicator to the center screw in the dash. There was a small peice of metal like a spring that must have come off and gone missing when we took that out so I made a new wire from the back of the cluster where the high beam indicator is to the chasis, fixed both of those.
The cluster was showing a solid light on the right blinker, turned out the ground on the front running light and turn lamp in the grill was not grounding right, again paint.
The dome light was maybe the easiest yet was the most confusing...
It wouldnt turn even though there was power and the door switches seamed fine, the circut was good.. After hours and hours of fishing and running wires it turned out the glass bulb was not making good contact in the socket... doh
So things I learned after days and days of pulling out my hair.
1. grounds rule in these old cars. after paint you must clean a spot for the grounds to make contact with bare metal.
2. These cars are quite simple dont over analize the problem. A little common sense goes a LONG way!
3. Start by looking for the easist solutions first!! Sometimes its right there ie: the dome light not sitting in the socket correctly.
4. Dont be afraid to ask dumb questions, without these forums I would still be tearing my hair out!!!

Glad the schematic pics I emailed helped out :thumbsup:

Sure did solved a couple problems