 Sorta OT, No parking/tail lights in my truck! |
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| Dead Air |
 Mar 19 2006, 10:20 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042  |
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. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) |
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| Dead Air |
Mar 20 2006, 08:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042 |
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| bd1308 |
Mar 20 2006, 08:42 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
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.
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| nomore9one4 |
Mar 20 2006, 08:45 AM
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Member of the Eastcoast Thread Killers Club Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Pittsburgh,Pa.15237 Member No.: 14 Region Association: None |
Are you depriving yourself of sleep again? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) |
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| bd1308 |
Mar 20 2006, 08:53 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
why would you say that?
Hey it makes sense to me.... b |
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| toon1 |
Mar 20 2006, 09:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 29-October 05 From: tracy,ca Member No.: 5,022 |
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.
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| nomore9one4 |
Mar 20 2006, 10:35 AM
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Member of the Eastcoast Thread Killers Club Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Pittsburgh,Pa.15237 Member No.: 14 Region Association: None |
I had a Dodge that had this really weird short. It ended up being a gum wrapper in the cigarette lighter. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)
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| nomore9one4 |
Mar 20 2006, 10:38 AM
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Member of the Eastcoast Thread Killers Club Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Pittsburgh,Pa.15237 Member No.: 14 Region Association: None |
j/k (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) |
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| Dead Air |
Mar 20 2006, 08:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,042 |
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. |
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