Topic: tail and brake lites dont work? checked fuses??.........

[Makohon]

its a 91 22re.... was tryin to hook up the lites on my flatbed... lite was hooked up then all of a sudden it went out... just figured it was a fuse but got around to it today and it aint the fuse.... there is no power even going to the fuse box..well there is power but just not to the terminal with the tail lite fuse... the front marker lites in the front dont work as well as the brake lites... checked every fuse in the truck that i know about ''engine compartment and by the clutch pedal''... help!!! tryin to get my year long project on the road!!

[jimbo74]

wonder if it fried a relay?

[jimbo74]

you nkow what i was jsut thinking? its possible you fried a wire, the stock toy stuff is really thin to begin with, i would start tracing the battery to fuse box for continuity with a tester

[Makohon [OP]]

damn... thats gonna be a pregnant dog is i fried a wire... i was gona look at the relays but then i didnt think theyd go bad... how do you check em?? oh ya... and yes.. those wires are very small!!

[jimbo74]

haha, for the relay, i jsut yank them and replace them, they cost like $2 -- if no change, then its $2 and i got a spare

[Willy Mammoth]

Check you fuseable links. I think they should be next to the battery somewhere. If you had a good enough short they could have blown. They should look like a heavy wire built into the harness. You can put in an in line fuse in its place if you want.

[Cheesemaker]

I was thinking the same thing WM!  I hate those fusible links.  I replaced all mine with fused links.  Easier to tell if they are blown!

[BLACKDOG]

Check you fuseable links. I think they should be next to the battery somewhere. If you had a good enough short they could have blown. They should look like a heavy wire built into the harness. You can put in an in line fuse in its place if you want.

Not sure about the 22re, but on my 91 3.0, the fusible links are in the pass. fender fusebox, and they don't look like heavy wires anymore, they look like box fuses, or relays, except they have a clear top, and you can see the link through it. 

[Makohon [OP]]

thanks for the help everyone.... its fixed... dont ask what i did cuz i have no idea... spent a good 8-9 hours trying to figure it out... tearing apart the dash ect and then all of a sudden it started working so im happy... just delays me driving it by two days but oh well... its been a buildup since december... hopefully ill have it all street legal by friday!!! :beer:oh by the way.... what trailer conversion hookup thing do i need to run the rear flatbed lites?? how many wires ect... any tips also when im hookin those suckers up??

[DTB]

sounds like u got a short somewhere. Hopefully it just goes away.

[Willy Mammoth]

Just look for one for any asin car with amber lights and it will work. You are tring to combine the turn with the brake lights.