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Old May 26, 2016 | 09:52 PM
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Lights !

What's going on with my lights ? They are on in the off position and go off when I turn them on?
 
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Old May 26, 2016 | 10:07 PM
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Have they always been this way? Or did you do something recently which created the malfunction?
 
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Old May 26, 2016 | 11:19 PM
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Just started I tried rewiring to my instructions on my Ron Francis kit. Pulled the headlight switch to check connections. Dash lights acting weird also.
 
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Old May 26, 2016 | 11:52 PM
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Call Ron and ask him.

tel:610-485-1981
 
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Old May 26, 2016 | 11:59 PM
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Years ago I had some weird wiring problems with one of my vehicles and it was the voltage regulator. I'm not saying that's your problem but it would be an item that I would check.
 
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Old May 27, 2016 | 07:35 AM
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Check the headlight switch for some type of internal short.
 
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Old May 27, 2016 | 11:06 AM
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Seeing that you're rewiring the truck, it sounds like you've got something reversed in the headlight switch. You've got power to the lights, but perhaps the battery feed is on the wrong terminal. I would double check the switch wiring.

Or, like Tedster said, call Ron. They're pretty good at sorting things out over the phone.
 
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