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Offline Cuda_451

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No lights.
« on: March 26, 2016 - 05:13:07 AM »
I have headlights, turn signals, hazards, and brake lights but when I have the headlights on my rear light won't show and my front lights won't work at all unless it's with turn signals.
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Offline dodj

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Re: No lights.
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2016 - 07:32:10 AM »
Start with cleaning up the tail light ground. Clean the tail light housing and make sure the light fits snug into it.
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2016 - 07:59:13 AM »
double check the fuse with a meter &  that power is getting to the fuse so you'll know which end of the system to be looking at
Also ck that the filament in the bulbs are all good,,,, 2=filaments in each bulb
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2016 - 09:29:27 AM »
I have new fuses and bulbs but they work with turn signals and brake lights
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2016 - 10:36:52 AM »


Doubt all the bulbs would be bad but NEW don't mean good..  Test voltage at and through the fuse otherwise you don't know which end of the system is faulty 
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2016 - 10:50:45 AM »
I'm stuck at softball tournaments right now so I will when I get back
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2016 - 03:43:57 PM »
Check the grounds REALLY well.

I'd put the headlights on a relay set up to remove that load from the rest of your system.  All the other lights performance will usually improve with headlight load removed.


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Re: No lights.
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2016 - 04:59:29 PM »
It was doing this before I put headlights in, it's basically one day they worked flawlessly then bam! The next day is nothing except turn signals and brake lights
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2016 - 07:53:02 PM »
Where are all my grounds that I can check when I get home? I'm still in Gadsden right now. Just need a check out the grounds and voltage
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2016 - 12:09:28 AM »
there really never were grounds , just the cast housings have to be able to make it to ground through the paint , you can add ground wires from the housings to a good known ground spot on the body . Start testing for power , you can start @ the light switch & turnsignal plug at the base of the column or  work from the other end tsting for power at the light sockets & working back towards the switches , if you have an Ohm meter you can test the housings to ground on the battery too

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Re: No lights.
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2016 - 12:24:39 AM »
What the cast housing? Sorry, I'm illiterate to this lol.. What fuses could I check or would they do anything to this?
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Re: No lights.
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2016 - 12:47:57 AM »
where the tail& turn signal housing touch the sheet metal body ,if there is paint there is no ground

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Re: No lights.
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2016 - 01:40:17 AM »
I have tail lights but no park lights up front. And now my fuel guage don't work
1970 Plymouth Barracuda
1995 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT
2006 Ford Mustang V6 Supercharged