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Aug 13, 2004 | 10:52 PM

grumpy1

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From: Soddy Daisy USA

No Tail Lights Please Help

Just before I turned on to my street my instruments lights and tail lights went out. I checked the fuses twice both in cab and under the hood. I herd a faint pop and saw a flash under the dash a few minutes before the lights went out. I am thinking a circuit breaker but Im not sure which one. If someone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it?

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Aaron

Aug 14, 2004 | 06:50 AM

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It seems if it were a circuit breaker it would reset !? I'd check the fuse to make sure it is in fact good .Then check the conectors under the dash for burns ( the flash you saw ) . Maybe there is a wire that rubbed on something and shorted out . I hate electrical problems !!!

Aug 14, 2004 | 04:14 PM

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I have another problem too. I went to start the truck up and it wont start. It spins over fine but wont hit a lick. Also the glow plug light wont come on.

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Aaron

Aug 14, 2004 | 05:37 PM

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Check the batteries for full charge , then pull the fuses under the hood one by one , if they are all good check for a blown fusable link . What year is your truck ? The no start could be the cam position sensor . Some times it doesn't seem like any thing will go right !!

Aug 14, 2004 | 10:36 PM

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The no start was my fault. As I checked the fuses for the 10th time I droped the diode and forgot about it. Much later on I remembered the diode. The problem is fixed for now. I did have a bad fuse but I had to remove it and check it with a meter to find it. Now all I have to do is figure out why it blew in the first place.

thanks for your help.
Aaron

Aug 14, 2004 | 10:45 PM

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Have you added any lights or other accessories to that circuit? or did you you have a trailer plugged in at the time? It sounds like you got a wire pinched or rubbed through to ground, but more often then not that happens in non stock wiring.

Aug 14, 2004 | 11:04 PM

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I was pulling an old trailer when the lights went out but I have pulled it several times with no problems. The fuse that blew should have been a 15 amp but someone replaced it with a 20 amp. I think someone else had this problem before I got the truck.

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Aaron