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Shtudwn · 04-30-2018, 10:08 AM

Ugg! Gremlins! I know!

Thank you.

This all started because someone had done a quick connect between one of the hot posts on the face of the fuse panel with the other end wrapped around one of the legs of the flasher. I got the truck home from buying it, a fifteen minute drive, and noticed that short wire and the fact that it was fried. This prompted me to look further and I found that the backup light wires to the switch on the column were fried! Apparently they jumpered the flasher because the wire had broken loose in the back of the panel for the flasher. I was thinking this alone caused the backup wires to be fried.

Now I am checking all of this without having any of the front or rear harness connected. And I thought my 66 C10 SWB wiring was a pain. haha! Thank goodness this isnt a late model car!

I am still a bit leary of just plugging it all in to see if sparks fly. Any other thoughts?

Thank you.

04-30-2018, 10:08 AM	#3
Shtudwn Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Richland, WA Posts: 128	Re: Is the Fuse Panel Grounded? Ugg! Gremlins! I know! Thank you. This all started because someone had done a quick connect between one of the hot posts on the face of the fuse panel with the other end wrapped around one of the legs of the flasher. I got the truck home from buying it, a fifteen minute drive, and noticed that short wire and the fact that it was fried. This prompted me to look further and I found that the backup light wires to the switch on the column were fried! Apparently they jumpered the flasher because the wire had broken loose in the back of the panel for the flasher. I was thinking this alone caused the backup wires to be fried. Now I am checking all of this without having any of the front or rear harness connected. And I thought my 66 C10 SWB wiring was a pain. haha! Thank goodness this isnt a late model car! I am still a bit leary of just plugging it all in to see if sparks fly. Any other thoughts? Thank you.