David,

I too live in NC, in Asheville. I do not know about you or your area, but up
here in the mountains, I have never had an inspection station check anything
closely enough to discover a non-functional parking light. For example:

In fact, my old 67 Corvair that I used to own about seven years ago passed
inspection with a broken windshield, no wipers, the majority of the floor
rusted out, bald tires and bad brakes. I asked the inspector if I needed
turn signals to pass inspection, and after a brief but thoughtful pause he
said, 'Yes, I believe you do', and gave me my sticker.

Good Luck

Tom and Dana Cates
83 Westfalia, 'Hammurabi'

----- Original Message -----
From: "ncdragonfly" <ncdragonfly@COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 3:29 PM
Subject: front parking light out

NC inspection requires that I have both front parking lights operational,
among others. The drivers side parking light does not illuminate when the
head lights are on, the passengers side does. The turn signal does work and
I have replaced the bulb. All fuses appear to be OK.  I have pulled the
socket and visually inspected it and the associated wiring for any obvious
shorts, all visual indications are that it and the wiring is OK. Before I
dig out the test bulb circuit tester and trace this thing back to the fuse
panel does anyone have any suggestions of most likely causes, or more than
average chance of failure points that I might check first?
Thanks much,
David Higginbotham
82 Westfalia
Silk Hope, NC