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Old May 19, 2019 | 12:00 PM
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Light issue

Hey, so I just bought a 97 f250 7.3 zero rust with just under 150k miles. I am going through fixing little things and I can't figure out the head lights/turn signal/hazards.
So the drivers side will light up all three ( head light and markers/turn signal) but will not blink. The passenger side will only light up the main headlight and not the others but it will blink when I turn the signal/hazard lights on.
I checked the relay on both side's of the fuse board switched the front to the back and the back to the front and its still doing the same thing. I put new bulbs in tried both direction in case it didn't like the way the bulb was sitting and it still doesn't work.
Could the 522's both be a little bad and causing this? Now the rear lights all work turn signals and hazards regardless of what i use.

Could this be a bad socket? All the lights have power one way or the other, could this be a bad signal lever/hazard button?

Getting a little stumped on what I thought would be a simple fix

Thanks for any suggestions
 
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Old May 19, 2019 | 12:41 PM
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I think i figured it out, all the grounds broke free from the bolts there is one on the driver side and two on the passenger side, does it matter if I bolt the two passenger sides together?

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Old May 19, 2019 | 02:18 PM
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I think i figured it out, all the grounds broke free from the bolts there is one on the driver side and two on the passenger side, does it matter if I bolt the two passenger sides together?

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I was thinking bad grounds when I read your first post. It will not matter on if you attach both ground at the same place. bad grounds can do so crazy things.
 
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Old May 19, 2019 | 05:42 PM
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I was thinking bad grounds when I read your first post. It will not matter on if you attach both ground at the same place. bad grounds can do so crazy things.
yeah it was driving me nuts I'd change a bulb then it would work then it would stop then they would all stop working, spent way to long on it

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kick panels at the front doors have a ground for the cab inside that gets rusty
 
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