tail light fuse keeps blowing - Page 2

shadygrady · 12-05-2007, 03:39 PM

Well I just tried a couple things on wires to the fuse box and it`s not blowing now.Bad thing is,you just have to drive it around and wait to see if it blows.Just drove around for 15 minutes on the bumpiest roads I could find and it didnt blow.That doesnt mean much though,It may work for days before it decides to go again.

crabtruck · 12-05-2007, 05:25 PM

You've been talking taillights, but you mean parking lights right ? Make sure you have checked the front lamps/sockets/connections. Any chance this happens with the turn signal on ?

shadygrady · 12-06-2007, 10:04 AM

Tail lights,parking lights,driving lights.The lights that come on when you turn your headlights on.Not the brake lights.Brake lights and turn signals give me no problem.It`s never blown when I use the turn signal.When I`m driving at night it is completely dark on the back unless I use turn signal or hit brakes.The license plate lights dont work either when the fuse blows.I`ve checked those wires and they look fine.

crabtruck · 12-06-2007, 07:41 PM

Yeah, I got which lights were on that circuit. That's why I was asking if you had checked the sockets/wires to front of the truck the same as you did to the rear. Gremlin has to be somewhere....

chevytillidie · 12-08-2007, 12:38 PM

I had a similar problem with 97 that turned out to be a bulb that checked good.....

shadygrady · 01-07-2008, 05:05 PM

found that sum beach.I decided to try changing out all my bulbs and when I was doing it the fuse started blowing while I was working on the front passenger side Followed the wire down from the parkink lights and found a little burnt spot.Cut it out,put a connector on and taped it up.That fixed it right up.Thanks for yalls help.Now its time to post about some other problems I`ve been haveing.

tjzz4 · 01-07-2008, 08:51 PM

Is the dome light not on that same circuit???? Might check it.

shadygrady · 01-07-2008, 09:42 PM

Its not on the same circuit on my truck.The light would still come on when I opened the door,But I fixed it.Thanks

crabtruck · 01-08-2008, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadygrady

.....the fuse started blowing while I was working on the front passenger side Followed the wire down from the parkink lights and found a little burnt spot.....

That's what I was trying to say, folks tend to forget the front of truck with tail light problems.
Glad it is good now, and thanks for posting what you found.

01-07-2008, 05:05 PM	#16
shadygrady Full Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vicksburg,MS Posts: 34	found that sum beach.I decided to try changing out all my bulbs and when I was doing it the fuse started blowing while I was working on the front passenger side Followed the wire down from the parkink lights and found a little burnt spot.Cut it out,put a connector on and taped it up.That fixed it right up.Thanks for yalls help.Now its time to post about some other problems I`ve been haveing. __________________ 1989 k1500 Cheyene 4x4,regular cab,swb,4.3 V-6.11`k&N Open element,smog pump delete,mechanical fan clutch to electric fan swap.flowmaster 2.5 dual exhaust.

01-07-2008, 09:42 PM	#18
shadygrady Full Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vicksburg,MS Posts: 34	Its not on the same circuit on my truck.The light would still come on when I opened the door,But I fixed it.Thanks __________________ 1989 k1500 Cheyene 4x4,regular cab,swb,4.3 V-6.11`k&N Open element,smog pump delete,mechanical fan clutch to electric fan swap.flowmaster 2.5 dual exhaust.

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12-05-2007, 03:39 PM	#11
shadygrady Full Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vicksburg,MS Posts: 34	Well I just tried a couple things on wires to the fuse box and it`s not blowing now.Bad thing is,you just have to drive it around and wait to see if it blows.Just drove around for 15 minutes on the bumpiest roads I could find and it didnt blow.That doesnt mean much though,It may work for days before it decides to go again.

12-05-2007, 05:25 PM	#12
crabtruck Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,464	You've been talking taillights, but you mean parking lights right ? Make sure you have checked the front lamps/sockets/connections. Any chance this happens with the turn signal on ?

12-06-2007, 10:04 AM	#13
shadygrady Full Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vicksburg,MS Posts: 34	Tail lights,parking lights,driving lights.The lights that come on when you turn your headlights on.Not the brake lights.Brake lights and turn signals give me no problem.It`s never blown when I use the turn signal.When I`m driving at night it is completely dark on the back unless I use turn signal or hit brakes.The license plate lights dont work either when the fuse blows.I`ve checked those wires and they look fine.

12-06-2007, 07:41 PM	#14
crabtruck Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,464	Yeah, I got which lights were on that circuit. That's why I was asking if you had checked the sockets/wires to front of the truck the same as you did to the rear. Gremlin has to be somewhere....

12-08-2007, 12:38 PM	#15
chevytillidie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 3	I had a similar problem with 97 that turned out to be a bulb that checked good.....

01-07-2008, 08:51 PM	#17
tjzz4 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 212	Is the dome light not on that same circuit???? Might check it.