Well shoot. Somehow a simple project has turned more complex for me. I was wiring in some new license plate lights and managed to kill my rear running lights. My truck is a 1992 F250 XLT 4x4 5 5spd 7.3 n/a. What I did was this:
1. Used a self-tapping screw to ground the license plate light to my steel flatbed.
2. Stripped away the coating from the wire that my old license plate light and rear running lights are powered by.
3. Connected the new license plate light to the same wire that powers all my rear running lights.
4. Turned on running lights and got nothing.
My headlights, front running lights, brake and turn signals work but no running lights in rear. Normally my stop/turn/tail lights plus my clearance markers will illuminate but I must have fried something. To make matters worse I don't even have a multimeter to diagnose/search for the problem. Hopefully this is just fuse related but I checked all the in-dash fuses and they look good. I am unfamiliar with the fuse box under the hood and really don't know what does what in there. i have to leave for work in the dark tomorrow and really need my running lights. Any help is greatly appreciated.
1. Used a self-tapping screw to ground the license plate light to my steel flatbed.
2. Stripped away the coating from the wire that my old license plate light and rear running lights are powered by.
3. Connected the new license plate light to the same wire that powers all my rear running lights.
4. Turned on running lights and got nothing.
My headlights, front running lights, brake and turn signals work but no running lights in rear. Normally my stop/turn/tail lights plus my clearance markers will illuminate but I must have fried something. To make matters worse I don't even have a multimeter to diagnose/search for the problem. Hopefully this is just fuse related but I checked all the in-dash fuses and they look good. I am unfamiliar with the fuse box under the hood and really don't know what does what in there. i have to leave for work in the dark tomorrow and really need my running lights. Any help is greatly appreciated.