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keep blowing breake light fuse

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well i ve recently started to blow my breake light fuse every few days so i looked around under my dash to see if i have some bear wires and i caint find any now i do have radio on the same fuse which im going to change but my radio has always been wired like that so thats not the problem
well now i blow the fuses out ever 2 min going down the road
now yesterday i put a new fuse in and turned on all asseries like radio gages ect i got under my dashed and pull twisted and wigelled every single wire under my dash and no blowen fuse so i drove it and sure enough with in two min it blows out so you some body can shead some light on this please do thank for the help in advanced
richard
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Chump
Check/replace the rear bulbs...they are probably #1157's. Check the sockets for corrosion and that the bulbs are installed correctly.
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M
alright ill give that one a try i know one of the socket is rusted and after last weekend i know it most likely has some mud in it
thanks
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C
I had my taillight wiring get caught underneath my bed-frame mounts & cut before. It's a good idea to check underneath if your bulbs/sockets are all OK. You might find a bare wire shorting out someplace causing your fuses to go to hell.
Hope this helps
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well i cleaned out the bulb sockets and looked over most of the wireing to the brake lights and i did find a bear spot so hopefully thats it and if so thanks for the help
and if its not ill be back
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Cooter said:
I had my taillight wiring get caught underneath my bed-frame mounts & cut before. It's a good idea to check underneath if your bulbs/sockets are all OK. You might find a bare wire shorting out someplace causing your fuses to go to hell.
Hope this helps
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I had a similar problem. A sharp body panel edge had worn through the harness (of course where I could barely reach/see it) and was shorting out. It's messy, but you may have to resort to unwrapping the wires 2-3 feet forward from the light to see if the insulation is cracked/worn thru/gone.

-SM
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M
it rained here today so i didnt get to do much before work so tomarrow ill just trace the wires from the light to the cab and see what i turn up
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BrianT
also pull tha tailight housing out cuz that is where the wires tend to rub on the seet metal also get some grommets and stick there to keep your wiring from getting chaffed and then u won't have the gremlin come back anbd haunt ya
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M
good idea brian t but i have a flat bed for now so my light are screwed into the flat bed
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BrianT
Oh i didin't know u had a flat bed on htere . Well that might make a bit of a differnce . Hell some rubber wire looms would work to as far as protecting the wiring from future chaff damage .
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