Completely stumped: no reverse lights
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Completely stumped: no reverse lights
Just recently I lost my reverse lights, nothing signifigant happened just got told at work that I had no back up lights, well so far I have rewired to the sensor, replaced the sensor in the tranny, and replaced the bulbs
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Ohhh... man... Now you got me thinking, and I lost my thought..
I want to say that there is a black wire that connects to the socket and is bolted (phillips screw actually) to the interior body of the bed. its in there a ways.
I want to say that there is a black wire that connects to the socket and is bolted (phillips screw actually) to the interior body of the bed. its in there a ways.
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I have a 1980 f250 as well as my powerstroke and and same thing happened to me on the '80. i decided to take the tail lights off and clean all the grime off of em and i replaced the bulbs, it still didn't work.. so i thought about it for awhile and after almost going crazy, i decided to check my fuse box. turns out it was just a blown fuse.. im sure you already checked this, but just in case..
hope that helps.
hope that helps.
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I have a 1980 f250 as well as my powerstroke and and same thing happened to me on the '80. i decided to take the tail lights off and clean all the grime off of em and i replaced the bulbs, it still didn't work.. so i thought about it for awhile and after almost going crazy, i decided to check my fuse box. turns out it was just a blown fuse.. im sure you already checked this, but just in case..
hope that helps.
hope that helps.
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Drivers side, at ther rear end of the frame.
Should be a connector there where the bed harness plugs into the chassis harness.
Check for corrosion inside the connector.
Also in that area, there should be a bed to frame ground.
Both of those take a beating if they use salt where you are.
Should be a connector there where the bed harness plugs into the chassis harness.
Check for corrosion inside the connector.
Also in that area, there should be a bed to frame ground.
Both of those take a beating if they use salt where you are.
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Well Dave I think you may have solved it, I was doubtful at first because all other bed lights worked but I checked it and the truck side of the connector has 4 male prongs on the top half and 3 male prongs on the bottom half, or opposite depending on which way you orient it, and the bed side of the connector has the 3 female ports to match the 3 male prongs but only has 2 female ports where it should have 4, though I cant figure out how yet. (All 4 ports are there but the conductor sleeves are gone out of 2, they could be on the male prongs but it did not look like it though it was dark) Let me know if this makes sense
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Most times the male prongs break off.
But the female socket is actually thinner metal, so it would stand to reason that they should go first.
I don't have a pinout of that connector handy.
But the female socket is actually thinner metal, so it would stand to reason that they should go first.
I don't have a pinout of that connector handy.