You might as well Andy. If a wire is corroding enough in the bundle to put
out your fog light, you'd better pull it apart and make sure the rest of
them don't have a problem, else one day your Dak might not start, or worse
yet, it might quit at the wrong time in the wrong place. Just a heads up!
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Andy Levy
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:00 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Lights out!
Thanks Neil. Yes, the right side works fine. I turned on the lights and
took
my circuit tester (lamp) to the connectors on each side - the right checked
out
(duh), on the left it was dark. So, the problem isn't the bulb ($20
wasted). I
ran out of daylight so I couldn't get into checking on the input side of the
connector tonight.
I traced the wires back up from the light and it gets ugly real fast in
there.
I really hope it's the connector - if it's any deeper, I may cut my losses
and
upgrade to better fogs. I do not want to tear into the PDC or that huge
wiring
bundle.
"Neil W. Bellenger" wrote:
> Andy; I'm assuming, since you didn't mention it, that the right side light
> is OK. This would eliminate switch, fuse, and relay causes.
> Feed to the lights is from the power distribution center under the hood;
> fuse C (20 amp), light blue wire. This wire should have 12 volts at the
bulb
> socket unless the battery is disconnected or fuse C is blown.
> From the lights, a light blue/black wire connects to the fog lamp relay in
> the PDC. This is the relay that drops out the fogs when the high beams are
> on.
> From the relay, a black/light green wire goes to the headlight switch.
>
> Battery ------>Fuse C --(LB)----> Bulb --(LB/BK)---> Relay---(BK/LG)---->
> Switch
>
> The fogs are hot all the time and are grounded by the switch to complete
the
> circuit, so if one light works and the other doesn't, it looks like a bad
> connection between the fuse and the bulb socket, or a bad socket, or
(don't
> you hate it) a brand new, out of the box, bad bulb.
> Neil
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