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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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I have a short in my park lights somewhere.
Blow the fuse each time I try and turn the park lights on.
Any ideas where to start looking?
Nothing at the park light plugs looks out of the ordinary
Any obvious areas to look at and how to check for the culprit?
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Old May 22, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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Try checking for all wires routing throuh tail lite assembly . pull rear panel out and check see if it got pinch or sandwich between the body , check for ground wires too while ur there. I had same issues . sure enough pinch wires. if it is the wires already started to melt from insulation, trace it all bak and voila.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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thanks for replying, is there anyway i can check all the wires with a multimeter somehow? I am going to search the wires again but couldnt see anything like that before
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Old May 22, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Start by changing the bulbs and cleaning the sockets.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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it shorts out with everything disconnected as well so i dont think that is it.
But should i be testing everything with all lights connected? I took out the headlights to check and see if i could find the problem
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