I've heard that once moisture gets in the tail light assembly is ruined. Well I practically have fish swimming in it. Lots of water is in this thing. So much it blew some of the lights out. Still searching for a used replacement if this is not fixable. So what to do? Thanx



Just dumped A LOT of water out of the tail light! All 3 bulbs were broken. Are the reverse lightbulb on the left and the 2 brake lightbulbs the same and are they screw in types? They are rusted pretty bad. thanx.

 

Do u know where the water came in? Is it cracked or are the bulb seals bad?

 

I'm almost positive it came in through the top of the light traveling by the grooves in the trunk. I had the car covered too so it makes sense it came in that way.

 

To eliminate the standing water inside the tail light what I have done in the past is to drill a small (.060 dia) hole or holes into the lower part of the light on an upward angle to drain any water that collects. This will work till you fix the source of the leak or get a replacement tail light.

 

Updated pics and light bulb questions above thanx.

 

I have a LT1 taillight harness with good sockets if you dont want to replace them individually...

 

Thanx. Will keep you in mind if all the bulb sockets are rusted to hell.

 

What he said^^