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From: Pullman,WA
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This is too weird..my blinkers keep shorting out and if i honk the horn or use the door locks, my radio shuts off or comes on.. i have an 87 BII Edie Bauer edition and i really need my blinkers..any ideas? my buddy had his radio replaced and his lights started to work again..could this be my problem? thanx for any help!!!!! BM
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You need to post more info - is it a stock radio? Damage? Modifications? Do you have an alarm? Keyless entry? Any major repairs to the truck or the wiring? How long has it done it? Did you buy the truck new? Anything else relevant?
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Geeze bro/ you said...............
You need to post more info - is it a stock radio? Damage? Modifications? Do you have an alarm? Keyless entry? Any major repairs to the truck or the wiring? How long has it done it? Did you buy the truck new? Anything else relevant.........................
i just bought the truck 3 months ago... i cant get the blinkers to work because...i dont know why....no alarm..everything is stock.....so thyat's it.....it' a stock ford bronco 2 with a 5 speed tranny...o.k.?
You need to post more info - is it a stock radio? Damage? Modifications? Do you have an alarm? Keyless entry? Any major repairs to the truck or the wiring? How long has it done it? Did you buy the truck new? Anything else relevant.........................
i just bought the truck 3 months ago... i cant get the blinkers to work because...i dont know why....no alarm..everything is stock.....so thyat's it.....it' a stock ford bronco 2 with a 5 speed tranny...o.k.?
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Well, you copied everything I typed, but you didn't answer all the questions. "How long has it done it?" Did it behave that way when you bought it, or did it start after an off-roading trip/collision/stereo install/etc.?
It could be as simple as a loose ground, or as complex as a screw through 2 wires somewhere. I'm not as familiar with the little trucks, so I'd suggest you get the Haynes manual and look at the wiring diagram for your truck. It shows the taillight circuit and all the ground locations.
The more pertinent info you put in your post, the more likely you are to get useful answers.
It could be as simple as a loose ground, or as complex as a screw through 2 wires somewhere. I'm not as familiar with the little trucks, so I'd suggest you get the Haynes manual and look at the wiring diagram for your truck. It shows the taillight circuit and all the ground locations.
The more pertinent info you put in your post, the more likely you are to get useful answers.
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well..it's stock radio and it has been doing it since i bought it...the dealer gave me a 100$ discount cause he did'nt want to mess with it...i ran over all the wiring with a freind and still the same prob...I got them to work for 1 day..drove all over town..and they have never stayed working for more than 2 mins after that........... sorry if i sounded a bit testy..i was a badd week...LOL thanks for your input tho...
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My guess would be a ground. I think a good experiment to prove this would be take the faceplate off around the the radio, and temporarily hook a wire to the metal part of the radio case, and then run it to a good ground, preferably the negative of the battery. If this seems to fix the problem, I would check all the ground wires, or just make some new ones. I am not sure how the factory ran the original ground wires, but I would think you need one from the battery negative to the frontend sheetmetal. I know sometimes they also run a strap from the rear of the engine to the firewall sheetmetal. I don't know if this will ground the dash properly(if it is the problem), but I am sure you can figure something out if the temporary wire does fix it.
PS: Write back in if you fix the problem, then I can change the title of the thread so it will pick it up better if somebody is doing a search.
PS: Write back in if you fix the problem, then I can change the title of the thread so it will pick it up better if somebody is doing a search.
Last edited by Franklin2; May 4, 2003 at 08:29 PM.
