I need help on lights wiring
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I need help on lights wiring
I have a 78 F150 4x4 with a 351m.Drove at dusk tonight to find out no tail lights,no brake lights,no turn signals,and one head light and just a couple side marker lights.Kinda scarry trip home.
Any ideas?Where can I find a wiring diagram?Where should my wires be found?
Any help would be appriceated
Any ideas?Where can I find a wiring diagram?Where should my wires be found?
Any help would be appriceated
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I need help on lights wiring
same thing happened to me, except headlights,
turned out to be a wire disconneccted along the line, check wires and ground wires too,they frit out sometimes, just my .02$
cheers
turned out to be a wire disconneccted along the line, check wires and ground wires too,they frit out sometimes, just my .02$
cheers
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I need help on lights wiring
Okay no fuse problems now temporarily wrapped em in alum. foil got a spotter and now i'm really baffled.
1 tail light till I hit brakes then goes out (so no tail light OR brake light,thenlet off brake light and tail light stays out too??????????
1 tail light till I hit brakes then goes out (so no tail light OR brake light,thenlet off brake light and tail light stays out too??????????
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I need help on lights wiring
1 tail light till I hit brakes then goes out (so no tail light OR brake light,thenlet off brake light and tail light stays out too??????????
first, check your grounds.... tail light goin out like that is usually a sign of bad ground.
then get back to us
first, check your grounds.... tail light goin out like that is usually a sign of bad ground.
then get back to us
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I need help on lights wiring
Bad grounds, typical problem.
Get that aluminum foil off your fuses, -bad idea
Get that aluminum foil off your fuses, -bad idea
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I need help on lights wiring
I will ,as I said just a temporary fix as I didnt have any fuses here.
Thanks guys
Will mess with stuff in the day light tomorrow and get back to yas
Thanks guys
Will mess with stuff in the day light tomorrow and get back to yas
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I need help on lights wiring
well its not the ground.sanded and scuffed everything.had left turn signal working for a few but.........
now i at least have 1 brake light that is till i turn my lights on then it goes out. i can really do without turn signals(id probably get flipped off for my driving style anyway but i really do need brake lights tail lights and headlights
now i at least have 1 brake light that is till i turn my lights on then it goes out. i can really do without turn signals(id probably get flipped off for my driving style anyway but i really do need brake lights tail lights and headlights
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I need help on lights wiring
Check out this tech article about light trouble shooting and repair. It's about a '70, but yours will be almost identical.
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