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Old Jul 29, 2007 | 08:21 AM
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Dome light gremlin "RED LARIAT"

I have a friend (Imagine that) "red lariat" who is new to FTE. His dome light was acting up will not work with drivers door . Well his clock spring was bad so he fix it with FORD parts. No dome light.

Its work with light switch and pass door. says he has no power at all to swithch harness on drivers . I might go up and help figure out just wanted some ideas.

Pass side switch bad? Wiring ? would the head light switch be bad ? If it was that you would think neither side or light switch would activate dome.

Thanks for PA
 
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Old Jul 29, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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The switch in the pillar switches the ground side of the dome light. It's probably a bad switch.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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The switch in the pillar switches the ground side of the dome light. It's probably a bad switch.
Door ? Or headlight The door switchwas replaced on drivers side with FORD unit. I was taking extra for the passside to try . Thanks
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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Still no light swapped switch both again . He had it in for recall and asked mechanic he said to do what we had already done. Oh well I have to start checking wires I guess.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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Does he have remote keyless entry? I noticed with my 97 with keyless, the dome lights are wired different than non-keyless trucks. The keyless entry module must control them as I can hear a relay-type sound under the dash with the switches and even notice the delay compared to my non-keyless 95.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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I'm looking at a wiring diag. for a 95. If no power to door switch it must a fuse or wire, head light switch is on a branch circuit.
 
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