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Old August 11th, 2009, 12:43 PM
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Default Front light out, 16' capri cuddy

Hello all, My front light is out & wondering what it could be? Maybe the bulb, or shorted wire or maybe a fuse?? Any ideas what could be wrong? Thx Dave
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Old August 11th, 2009, 09:00 PM
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Hello all, My front light is out & wondering what it could be? Maybe the bulb, or shorted wire or maybe a fuse?? Any ideas what could be wrong? Thx Dave
Why don't you just check them and then tell us what you find? You have pretty much all of the bases covered.
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It could be the bulb, a fuse or a short.

If your all around light is on, I'd place my money on a burned out blulb or corrosion in the bow light socket or connections.
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Old August 14th, 2009, 03:56 PM
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Thank you Gentleman. Ran this question in the Force section & I'm putting my $$ on a corroded socket, or burned out bulb. Anchor lite works on both switch sides. I'll take it apart early tomorrow before the weekend trip up north.

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I just fixed mine.. it was a corroded spring i just took some sandpaper to the spring where the bulb seats on the bottom and voilia (of course I tested all the way from the fuse first)..
its a 1988 bayliner 18' capri..

oh an the bulb was also burnt but just replacing the bulb didn't work..

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Old September 1st, 2009, 11:42 AM
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Thanks all posters! It was a burned out bulb. NAPA really impressed me though, they carry the bulb, funny looking thing too. A couple of bucks & ten minutes...........all set.

Thx again Dave
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Good to hear.. i wasn't as lucky although it took me 15 minutes to replace the bulbs AND take sandpaper to the spring to remove the corrosion. I replace the nav and anchor lights on mine (both burned out for who knows how long before i bought it).
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