[DanEC]

OK - tied both sets of tail lights and front parking lights together with an auxillary ground wire and then ran wires from them to negative battery pole.

One of my test lamps was burned out so I only had one and had to substitute a VOM for the other. With the fuses out I turned the key on and then the turn signal. The test lamp flashed on the one and the VOM showed a current fluctuating with the flasher unit on the other.

I put the fuses back in and re-ran testing everything stock with the ground wires tied in. Everything still operates as described earlier - no change.

Realized I didn't test everything you said with the fuses out. Took the fuses back out - hooked up test light and VOM on fuse holder, turned on key, turned on parking lights, turned on turn signal. Front lights flashed. Test light and "VOM recorded power to tail lamp flashers. Also tried brake and got about 10.5 Volts when it was pushed. But nothing flashed at the rear.