Just run a jumper, even battery jumper cables will work...from your trailer
to a good ground, (like the bumper), to your truck. If this makes things
work right, then it is a ground problem, just make yourself a new ground.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Maskalans
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:29 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Ground problem
On Sep 4, 2007, at 2:20 PM, "Don Rey" <radon220@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've got an electrical ground problem related to the rear lights on my
> Dak. I looked around for a loose ground wire, shaked and shimmied some
> connectors, checked bulbs, and when my bulb housings started flaking
> apart (rust) I got frustrated and gave up. Are there any specific
> places I should look... maybe based on symptoms?
>
> When I brake, the left light lights, but the right light doesn't. With
> running lights on, the left brake filament lights, but both right
> filaments go out (meaning the signal filament goes out and the brake
> filament just doesn't light). The bulbs are fine. My reverse lights
> don't light, but I'm not sure whether it's related or the tranny
> switch is bad. When I hook up a trailer, it becomes a light show back
> there... and if I remember right, the reverse lights start lighting
> when I hit the brakes (my dad tells me this, I haven't seen it for
> myself).
>
> Any ideas? I haven't taken out the wiring schematics yet... I should
> have dug into it more, but I got frustrated w/ the dern rust.
>
The first place I would check is in the trailer wiring harness. I was
going to say that even before I read that you saw different behavior
with a trailer on... Both at the connector and at the harness.
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