Tail light problem with Softbrake Install
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Off the top of my head I'd say something in the tag bracket is shorted. If you leave the bracket out of the mix and replace the fuse does everything work fine?
If you have a multi-meter you can try ohming the black wire with the white to see if you get any kind of reading. Should be completely open.
If you have a multi-meter you can try ohming the black wire with the white to see if you get any kind of reading. Should be completely open.
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Off the top of my head I'd say something in the tag bracket is shorted. If you leave the bracket out of the mix and replace the fuse does everything work fine?
If you have a multi-meter you can try ohming the black wire with the white to see if you get any kind of reading. Should be completely open.
If you have a multi-meter you can try ohming the black wire with the white to see if you get any kind of reading. Should be completely open.
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I'd go back to my first suggestion and try running the leads across a battery and see if it lights up. If it lights up then I'd fall back on checking my connections again.
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And the running lights/tag lights are working w/o the LED lights spliced into them.
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Kind of hard to explain how I routed them, but I dont think they were pinched, but its possible. If I put the OHM meter on the LED wires and there is resistance does that mean there's a break in the wire?
And the running lights/tag lights are working w/o the LED lights spliced into them.
And the running lights/tag lights are working w/o the LED lights spliced into them.
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Cruiser
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No..no resistance means a open circuit, but..I lost you here.. did you have 2 bulbs (incandesents) in the tail light originally ? 1 plate light bulb (single filament) and 1 tail/brake light bulb (2 filaments) ? and now you replaced the tail light assembly with the Softbrake kit which has no need for the plate bulb ? and the new plate holder has it's own built in LED's to illuminate it?
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No..no resistance means a open circuit, but..I lost you here.. did you have 2 bulbs (incandesents) in the tail light originally ? 1 plate light bulb (single filament) and 1 tail/brake light bulb (2 filaments) ? and now you replaced the tail light assembly with the Softbrake kit which has no need for the plate bulb ? and the new plate holder has it's own built in LED's to illuminate it?