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Subject:Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
From:kenneth wilford
Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:50:09 -0400

I usually suspect the trailer harness box or the connections for the
trailer harness when this type of strange stuff starts happening.  Try
unhooking it and see if that fixes it.

Ken

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 2:33 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I do.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:16 PM Kenneth B. Wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Do you have trailer wiring harness installed?
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On July 18, 2018, at 2:14 PM, "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I noticed a few weeks back that I don't have a driver's side parking light
>> any more. I figured it was because I had removed the lenses shortly before
>> that to send them through the dishwasher. I didn't check at the time see
>> if
>> the parking light was working, I just wanted to maintain the connection
>> and
>> seals and get rid of accumulated road grime. So, I took them apart and
>> tested the bulb. Fine. Then I tested the connection--not fine. No voltage.
>> I went up the wire a little ways and probed through the insulation with
>> needle probes. Nothing. The passenger side is working fine.
>>
>> I started to pull the instrument cluster and check the switch, but at
>> present I have no idea how the two front lights are wired.
>>
>> Neither of the other marker/parking lights (side rear and tail light) are
>> working on the drivers side either.
>>
>> I was going to wait until I was replacing the foil, but three lights out
>> is
>> too much to wait on.
>>
>> Any ideas as to how to proceed?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>