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From: Victor, MT
Your right about that. So anyway, The IDI is acting up, the real fuel tank is leaking now so i dropped it. Also, still having electrical issues. I replaced the rear harness(that little plug to the lights and whatnot) and it restored running lights, the blinkers work BUT the left blinker flashes both rears, and the right blinker flashes the reverse lights??? any idea what that could be?
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I did however change the oil, oil filter, and air filter and now the IDI acts better FE wise(the old filter was at least 6 years old, i didnt know lol) and now I can roll coal if i want to, it wouldnt before....
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The ground may only flow so much electricity, or they could be grounding out. wherever the wires are touching steel make sure they are protected, and of course they could be touching each other due to poor insulation. but check your trailer plug wiring thats usually the culprit.
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X2 on what bashby said.
It's weird how it happens, but thats what it does. Clean the ground wire where it hits the body and where its on the frame. See if it isn't working right after that...
It's weird how it happens, but thats what it does. Clean the ground wire where it hits the body and where its on the frame. See if it isn't working right after that...
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Are you sure that one is the ground? If your running the 7pin rv plug there should be a gound on the plug itself, IIRC it's the white wire. Best get the test light out there and make sure everything is kosher.
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4 way flat will have 1 ground , the truck will need a ground as will the trailer !
Trailer Wiring Diagram For 4 Way, 5 Way, 6 Way and 7 Way circuits
Trailer Wiring Diagram For 4 Way, 5 Way, 6 Way and 7 Way circuits
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Yup, white ground, brown tail lights, yellow = left stop/turn filament, green = right stop/turn filament.
Ford uses brown for the tail lights, so that's a direct color match. I'd have to look up the stop/turn colors on the truck side if you need 'em.
*edit* Just realized CJ06 just before me posted a link to the trailer diagrams.
Ford uses brown for the tail lights, so that's a direct color match. I'd have to look up the stop/turn colors on the truck side if you need 'em.
*edit* Just realized CJ06 just before me posted a link to the trailer diagrams.
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Well I am not worried about pulling trailer, when I pull trailer it does the same thing, I am thinking about pulling my 86 harness from the connection at the rear of the truck forward, then going from there and seeing what happens.