Right Rear Taillight

[MxShawn]

Pulling out of work the other day, a coworker noticed i had no parking lights on the right rear. . got home and found fuse 32 blown (right rear parking lights) put another one in and it blew as soon as i turned them on... Pulled the taillight off, ran jumpers to an extra batt i had in the garage, all the lights worked... with the taillight out i put another fuse in and it blew, i then started following wires, been following them for the last 2 hours... cant find a split spot to save my life... pulled the switch out, it looked fine, did a search on here and found a few people saying they found a split where the harness went over the inner fender well, not there either... im completely lost about to take it to the shop and have them see what they can do, unless anyone has any ideas, things to try, or other places to look... Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks in advanced.

Shawn

 

[B.G. Smith]

Does the 2500 have the little lights in the fenders? If so, I think they come on when the park lights are on. Als my book (99) lists the license lights as being right and left. bg

 

[MxShawn]

No, don't have the fender lights, and I'm 99% sure both license plate lights were on, brake lights work, reverse lights work, turn signals, just no parking lights. Which shouldn't, I have the fuse out, but can't find the short, nor do I know how or where to test for it.

 

[B.G. Smith]

A shot in the dark, no pun intended. The lights are powered up (12 volts) at all times but don't come on until the light switch (negative) is activated. If the short were in the 12 volt side the fuse should blow with the switch off. Since you said it blows when you turn the lights on it is possible that the problem could be in a light bulb. You checked the one on right rear independently from the truck and it worked. Maybe the front bulb. bg PS: The more I think about it, if you had a short circuit anywhere in the circuit between the power supply and the switch, the fuse would blow immediately when you install it or the light in that circuit would come on without the switch being on. bg

 

[MxShawn]

Just took the front out, tested them and they worked fine, with the front and rear out the fuse still blew. Just noticed the cab lights aren't on. Digging into them now.

 

[MxShawn]

Clipped the wire running up the pillar, through another fuse in, and it didn't blow, obviously up there somewhere, gonna drop the headliner in the morning and find the culprit. Thanks a lot for the help. .

 

[SDrake]

Clipped the wire running up the pillar, through another fuse in, and it didn't blow, obviously up there somewhere, gonna drop the headliner in the morning and find the culprit. Thanks a lot for the help. .

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