Electrical problem
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Electrical problem
I guess most folks ran when they read electrical problem. If your still here I hope you can help. My read light fuse keeps blowing, it started slow it would blow once in awhile. Now as soon as I turn on the ignition the fuse blows. I pulled the truck off and the seat and disconnected the wiring harness that goes under the fender to the tail light. The fuse still blows as soon as the ignition is turned on. Not much for trouble shooting electrical so any help would be appreciated.
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start with year and model .
2.) take you time and formulate the thought- I'd guess when you say "truck" you mean tour pak.
but I do not know what "read light fuse" means.
I'm pretty good with electricity and have plenty of time- I just don't understand the problem you are having.
Mike
2.) take you time and formulate the thought- I'd guess when you say "truck" you mean tour pak.
but I do not know what "read light fuse" means.
I'm pretty good with electricity and have plenty of time- I just don't understand the problem you are having.
Mike
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You need a voltage meter with an ohms range on it. At your fuse panel, disconnect the affected circuit. If there are multiple wires, you will need to seperate them, even if it means cutting a few wires. If it is near a plug, well if it is not replaceable then cut it away so you can splice back together. Set the meter to ohms, clamp one end of meter to ground, and then one by one touch the other end of meter to the wires from the circuit. When the meter moves, you found the part of the circuit that is giving you the problem. From there you will have to follow the wire down until you find the short. Not easy, usually not anyways. May take some time, but as you know, it has to be done.
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These are the kind of things where you wish the guy was around the corner. Takes more time to explain then to figure out.
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Well some good info now to apply it. Oh my read light should have read ( rear light or tail lights) trunk = tour pak. Don't have an Ohm meter but I guess they're easy enough to buy. Cutting and splicing is what I was afraid of but as said if it has to be done then I guess so be it. I'm with you JCB around the corner would be really good. The next few days will tell either I'll have a running 2006 Ultra with good lights or a really cheap Ultra for sale with wires hanging everywhere.
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sometimes a bad or shorted bulb/socket will cause the problem, try pulling all your rear bulbs and see if the fuse blows, if it doesn't then put the bulbs back one at a time, if the fuse blows that's you bad socket. worth a try.
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I think I found the problem not sure about the fix. I had disconnected the rear lights completely and it still blew the fuse. So I was thinking must be coming from the breaks as they are the only thing up front on the circuit. So I grabbed the read brake wiring and wiggled it, low and behold the fuse doesn't blow now I have lights. So more trouble shooting to come but at least I think I narrowed it down. Still interested in any help it makes me thingk for sure so thanks.
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The problem doesn't seem to be in the tail light area,he disconnected the plug under the seat that feeds the rear lights and the fuse still blows.If you had an ohm-meter you could measure the resistance to gnd on the pins in the disconnected plug(not the tail light side).The short must be between there and the fuse panel.
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I think I found the problem not sure about the fix. I had disconnected the rear lights completely and it still blew the fuse. So I was thinking must be coming from the breaks as they are the only thing up front on the circuit. So I grabbed the read brake wiring and wiggled it, low and behold the fuse doesn't blow now I have lights. So more trouble shooting to come but at least I think I narrowed it down. Still interested in any help it makes me thingk for sure so thanks.
