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Posted by: Dead Air Mar 19 2006, 10:20 AM

Hi,
I'm sorry for posting a Toyota Truck question here but the guys at the Toyota Forum weren't much help. I suppose it's the same for any vehicle though.
A Sherriff pulled me over the other night and informed me I had no tail lights. My dash lights are out, too. When I turn on the parking light switch, the fuse blows.
I tore out all the funky U-Haul trailer wiring and did visual inspection of the plugs, wires, sockets, etc. and "cleaned everything up. To no avail.
I also took apart the steering column cover and did a visual on the wires therein. Everything looked normal.
There's a plug under the passenger seat (going to the back of the truck) I undid and I'm still blowing fuses. Can I assume that the problem is forward of that plug? Will getting a curcuit tester and checking each wire one-by-one tell my where the fault is?
This really is driving me crazy. I've got 6 hours into it and I'm no closer now than I was before.

Posted by: Dead Air Mar 20 2006, 08:39 AM

Posted by: bd1308 Mar 20 2006, 08:42 AM

Okay, if you have a dual-light bulb thing, and you place a single-circuit bulb in that spot, it'll do all sorts of wierd stuff...Look out for that.

b

Posted by: boboli914@att.net Mar 20 2006, 08:45 AM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Mar 20 2006, 06:42 AM)

Okay, if you have a dual-light bulb thing, and you place a single-circuit bulb in that spot, it'll do all sorts of wierd stuff...Look out for that. b

Are you depriving yourself of sleep again?

Posted by: bd1308 Mar 20 2006, 08:53 AM

why would you say that?

Hey it makes sense to me....

b

Posted by: toon1 Mar 20 2006, 09:59 AM

my Dodge has a fuse box under the hood, not sure if yours has it. I had the same happen to me. Ie was a blown fuse from faulty trailer wiring.

Posted by: boboli914@att.net Mar 20 2006, 10:35 AM

I had a Dodge that had this really weird short. It ended up being a gum wrapper in the cigarette lighter.

Posted by: boboli914@att.net Mar 20 2006, 10:38 AM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Mar 20 2006, 06:53 AM)

why would you say that? Hey it makes sense to me.... b

j/k

Posted by: Dead Air Mar 20 2006, 08:09 PM

I took it to my mechanic, he had a cool thing that was a (auto) 20 amp curcuit breaker with two leads. You plug that in to find the short. We plugged it in replacing the fuse. It didn't blow. I mentioned to him that I didn't have any dash light either.
He said the dimmers for the dash light go bad sometimes. I unplugged the rio-stat and now all my lights work, except for the dash lights. He says a "jumper" will give me full on dash lights but that new dimmers only cost about $20.