Yay for small (big?) victories!
Go-Daddy's new convertible had no working lights on the rear end: none, zip, nada. No back up lights, side markers, tails, brakes, license plate light. And the gas gauge was screwy. Didn't think they were related.
Yesterday, we tore into the harness to try to figure it out. 12 volts present at the GROUND wire that was common to all the lights in the rear. No blown fuses... I was ready to tear into the harness as I was convinced Bubba had somehow spliced into the harness and screwed up.
Long story short (too late?). Isolating one bulb fixture at a time, we found the license plate light bulb put in such that the positive lead was pushed over and contacting the bulb ground housing. So after two hours and removing the whole harness: success!
How it wasn't blowing fuses I can't figure. But, fixing the ground fixed the gas gauge too!
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"Let them that don't want none have memories of not gettin' any."
- Brother Dave Gardner