Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:26:31 -0400
Reply-To: kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@GMAIL.COM>
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From: kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
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Bentley says fuse number one feeds all of that. Check it.
Ken
On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 3:21 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1983
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 2:20 PM kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What year again?
>>
>> Ken Wilford at vanagain.com
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 3:19 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I cut the wires going to the "box" mounted behind my left tail light. No
>>> change.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:58 PM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 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
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>
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