Update on fuses blown

[Dominic Salemi]

I really don't what to tell but I thought I had it narrow down to right rear fin....so I put the fuse in and everything works. I know for how long? I pulled the fuse and sure enough the bulb glows. I have the car in the garage with all the lights on and waiting. Grrrrr.

[Jason Edge]

Which bulb glows? If in tail fin, which filament? What was painted and what was removed? Any wires touched, moved in a way they could have been potentially pinched to ground or pinched together?

[Dominic Salemi]

Jason

When I used the bulb in the fuse box to test the system with using a fuse because the fuses kept blowing.

[Jason Edge]

OK. Got that. I think it was a given something was shorting and thought you were trying to drill down to where it was on the other post? Still not sure what you meant with initial post where you said "I repainted the bumper trim cover on the back but all those connection are plugs."  Since I am assuming no fuses were blowing before this, but now they are, I would look to see what it could have affected wiring-wise. My question was what is a bumper trim cover? Did you move or affect any wires, especially the feeds, connector and short wires to the tail fins. Since I believe you had isolated the short to past the body feed at trunk connector, then specifically to the tail fin lights, I am guessing you have pinched the wires to the tail fin?  More specifically since blinkers work, but fuse blows when head lights / running lights are turned on (again trying to read between the lines), I assume it would be the dark green wire to fins.

[Jason Edge]

I would take a continuity tester, unplug each connector just behind the tail fin, and see which hot wire feed is grounding out. If you painted something where you moved wiring to fins, etc. I would double check the wire routing.

 

[Dominic Salemi]

I feel a lot better for that information, I was really confused and did not know what to think. I'm going to drive around with everything apart for a couple of days.

Thank you

[Dominic Salemi]

No problem, it was a learning experience.

Thank you for updating that.

[Dominic Salemi]

I've been working on with the charger on it today with all the lights on. Going to test it now..

[Dominic Salemi]

yeah I kind of figured that out later. Sorry you have to put up with us novice mechanics.

[Dominic Salemi]

I enjoy it but not no more. I have everything still apart and I'm getting ready to take her out for a spin. Now that I know where everything is, how to access it and how to check I will be ready if this fuse blows. By the way the truck is awful big and I still had a hard time getting in it. lol Getting too old. By the why I was using the continuity meter. I'm better at this now.

Thanks for all the help and support.

[Dominic Salemi]

I hope I did not mesh with neutral switch. Just came back from my 1 1/2 hr. cruise and everything good. I start putting the car back together tomorrow. I probably saw the last movie but I forget more than I remember these days and I'm not that old.