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Subject:Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
From:Steven Johnson
Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:58:22 -0400

Mine is the passenger side rear marker light that keeps blowing...   So
frustrating....

Steven
91 Westy

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 2:50 PM, kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >
>