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Light Switch
Greetings my fellow enthusiasts!
It's been awhile but now i'm back to the project again, and back where i left off. The light switch issue. I had the 3 of the 4 parking lights on that wouldn't turn off. So i dissassembled everything to get a clear picture of the switch and wiring and sure enough what appeared to be a beige colored wire was striped and burned.
So can I just replace the whole wire? how can i get this fixed?
It's been awhile but now i'm back to the project again, and back where i left off. The light switch issue. I had the 3 of the 4 parking lights on that wouldn't turn off. So i dissassembled everything to get a clear picture of the switch and wiring and sure enough what appeared to be a beige colored wire was striped and burned.
So can I just replace the whole wire? how can i get this fixed?
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But, you should also fix the reason it melted in the first place - too much current. The wires and switches Ford used are marginal at best for the amperage the headlights pull. The fix is to install a relay system like NPD, LMC, and others sell. Then the headlight switch will be supplying only enough current to pull the relays in. Problem solved and you will notice much brighter headlights as well.
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The wire that burnt is the tan/white wire. It feeds the running/marker lights. I do not know of any kit you can buy for this circuit, but you could certainly add your own relay if you wanted. Ford added a relay to this circuit on dually pickups from the factory.
The headlight section can be a problem also, and the relay kits do help with that circuit. But it's two different things happening here at once.
The headlight section can be a problem also, and the relay kits do help with that circuit. But it's two different things happening here at once.
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The wire that burnt is the tan/white wire. It feeds the running/marker lights. I do not know of any kit you can buy for this circuit, but you could certainly add your own relay if you wanted. Ford added a relay to this circuit on dually pickups from the factory.
The headlight section can be a problem also, and the relay kits do help with that circuit. But it's two different things happening here at once.
The headlight section can be a problem also, and the relay kits do help with that circuit. But it's two different things happening here at once.
Jumping to conclusions w/o thinking about it. Sorry.So, is it common for that wire to burn/melt?
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The wire that burnt is the tan/white wire. It feeds the running/marker lights. I do not know of any kit you can buy for this circuit, but you could certainly add your own relay if you wanted. Ford added a relay to this circuit on dually pickups from the factory.
The headlight section can be a problem also, and the relay kits do help with that circuit. But it's two different things happening here at once.
The headlight section can be a problem also, and the relay kits do help with that circuit. But it's two different things happening here at once.
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What do you mean by "tackle this"? To fix your problem you don't need a relay. Just go back to Dave's post about getting the connector at the parts store.
I confused things with my post about relays, and it had nothing to do with your problem. Sorry.
I confused things with my post about relays, and it had nothing to do with your problem. Sorry.
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oh ok i got confused there about the relays
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