unclehoser
Old dog, new tricks
Back story...
2002 f250 Super Duty, 7.3 Powerstroke, ZF-6, Supercab, long bed, a beautiful beast.
Today on the way to WORK (can I say cuss words here???) I noticed that I had no dash illumination. Of course, upon arrival and inspection, I had no running lights, either. I poked around in the dark and replaced my blown "Fuse #17" which, according to the owners' guide, feeds "exterior illumination". As soon as I hit the main light switch, it failed again. I'm trying to arrive at a reasonable explanation here, since only a couple of things have changed!
2 weeks ago, I replaced the clockspring and multi-function switch for directionals/wipers/4-ways, etc. No problems. Last week, I replaced a faulty electronic flasher relay for the directionals. Still no problems. Last night, I pulled the door panels and installed a new passenger-side electric mirror, mirror control switch, and 2 front door speakers. Piece of cake.
There were no problems noted until this morning. As explained above, I had the door panels removed, and the only item remotely associated with lighting were those silly little fixtures behind the reflectors in the doors that are there for safety, I guess. Until then, I thought they were just reflectors, but both bulbs were burned out behind them. The damned things aren't even mentioned in the wiring diagrams...
Anyhow, where would you look first for a DEAD short??? 'Cause that's what I've got. And my "spare" vehicle has it's troubles, too...at least the lights work...
Any assistance appreciated! Even bad ideas or wild guesses will be considered. I have Monday & Tuesday off, so I'll be diggin' in. Thanks in advance!
Dave
2002 f250 Super Duty, 7.3 Powerstroke, ZF-6, Supercab, long bed, a beautiful beast.
Today on the way to WORK (can I say cuss words here???) I noticed that I had no dash illumination. Of course, upon arrival and inspection, I had no running lights, either. I poked around in the dark and replaced my blown "Fuse #17" which, according to the owners' guide, feeds "exterior illumination". As soon as I hit the main light switch, it failed again. I'm trying to arrive at a reasonable explanation here, since only a couple of things have changed!
2 weeks ago, I replaced the clockspring and multi-function switch for directionals/wipers/4-ways, etc. No problems. Last week, I replaced a faulty electronic flasher relay for the directionals. Still no problems. Last night, I pulled the door panels and installed a new passenger-side electric mirror, mirror control switch, and 2 front door speakers. Piece of cake.
There were no problems noted until this morning. As explained above, I had the door panels removed, and the only item remotely associated with lighting were those silly little fixtures behind the reflectors in the doors that are there for safety, I guess. Until then, I thought they were just reflectors, but both bulbs were burned out behind them. The damned things aren't even mentioned in the wiring diagrams...
Anyhow, where would you look first for a DEAD short??? 'Cause that's what I've got. And my "spare" vehicle has it's troubles, too...at least the lights work...
Any assistance appreciated! Even bad ideas or wild guesses will be considered. I have Monday & Tuesday off, so I'll be diggin' in. Thanks in advance!
Dave