Lights trouble shooting Help needed.

I started to chase the connections with the VOM. I found a short in the wire near the aft end of the engine. Pulled that wire out, and removed the copper tubing conduit from the lower left part of the engine. I get continuity through the bulb lead in wire to the hood. I even get continuity to through to the hood by the hinge bracket. But I get nothing on the frame, even right at the hinge.

I then put in a temporary jumper cable from the battery ground terminal (+) to the hood and measured continuity from the light lead in wire to the terminal but when I directly hooked the hot wire to the lead in wire nothing, on either bulb.

Am I mistaken in thinking that if you have continuity through the bulbs then they are still good? How would I check the bulbs to verify they even work. I think I basically made a direct loop circuit with only the bulb in the circuit.

Your insight on trouble shooting the light circuit is appreciated.

Jeff-oh

My experience has been that you have a bad ground somewhere. Put the VOM away and use a test light. You probably are getting a continuity reading but there is too much resistance to light the bulbs. Put the ground clip of the test light on the battery ground terminal (+ in your case) and see if you have power at the bulb, then at the base of the bulb, at the grounding point out of the bulb, and so on. To make a quick check turn the lights on and probe the hood; my bet is its not making a good ground and the test light will light. If it doesn't light, the problem is further downstream, maybe at the hinge. Another spot is where the light frames or shells mount to the hood. Hope this helps.

Tommy