Ground on Rear Headlights

[medxsa13]

Hi i’m trying to sort the wiring on my ‘76, focusing on the lights at the moment. The rear lights i’ve connected as they weren’t connected before but i’m confused where the earth is meant to be? i can see it on the wiring diagram but there isn’t anything coming off the back of the light on either side. On the drivers side there’s a cut earth connected to the frame and just dangling so i’m assuming it had one at some point but can’t figure out where it should go

 

[ali_c20]

Ground is provided by the housing/socket would be my guess.

 

[Woods77K10]

On mine, when I replaced the rear lights and a harness, the harness had a ground but there was also a ground from the firewall to the drivers rear taillight area. I have the new witing harness, fusebox etc but haven't researched enough or have any education on wiring to start this part of the build. I did start identifying the wires...I don't know if that ground is supposed to be there or not but will soon figure it out.

 

[Ricko1966]

Ground the bed to the frame,the lights ground through the metal rim of the socket,but the bed has to be grounded.

 

[medxsa13]

Ground is provided by the housing/socket would be my guess.

got them working in the end so guessing that’s right!

 

[medxsa13]

Ground the bed to the frame,the lights ground through the metal rim of the socket,but the bed has to be grounded.

ahhh ok thank you, that explains the random earth hanging from the frame! will earth it to the bed tomorrow

 

[Corvette Ed]

Glad you got it figured out.

 

[brooksman9]

Just went through similar on my K10. Weird tail light issues. Added a ground wire and viola!