Re: Ram Lights mystery
[Re: 5thAve]
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02/20/23 11:51 PM
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You mean the factory pcb inside the tail light assembly?
The left is factory----works perfect.
The right assembly is new and doesnt have a pcb----just wires right to the bulb sockets that unscrew . Then new plug to factory plug
I wonder if that is pissing of the computer ?????? Is there anything on the factory pcb (inside tail assembly) besides traces ( capacitors/ resistors ) ???? Maybe the computer senses that ???
what is confusing is i KNOW im getting voltage to the Left bulbs (they work fine) ..........and im clipped right to that...to the Right bulb........thats baffling me
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Re: Ram Lights mystery
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02/21/23 05:41 PM
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But the right tail works..... So. Get proper power and ground and the other will to. Its that simple. Its just a bulb. As long as its good and power and ground are there it will work. Whats missing at that bulb? Power or ground?
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Re: Ram Lights mystery
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02/21/23 06:29 PM
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But the right tail works..... But, is the tail light and the brake/turn using the same ground wire? The brake/turn is a brighter light, so it requires a better ground then the lower power tail light requires. Just because you have a good enough ground to allow the tail light to light, that doesn't mean you have a good enough ground to make the brake/turn light ground well enough to light the light. I would follow through your left brake/turn ground wire to the frame looking for corrosion along the line, or just add a new temp ground wire to the light socket and se if you have light. Many times, if the tail light works but the brake/turn doesn't, it is either a bulb filament issue, or a ground issue. The next thing you are assuming is that the power to the bulb itself is actually working, if the bulb socket is corroded, or the wiring between your splice and the bulb is bad, it still won't work. Might sound dumb, but are you sure the bulb is good? These days, just because something is new, that doesn't mean it is actually good anymore.
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Re: Ram Lights mystery
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02/21/23 10:42 PM
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The problem is still in the fuse box/TIPM causing this issue as well….most likely. Once that box gets nasty, causes all kinds of gremlins
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Re: Ram Lights mystery
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02/21/23 11:11 PM
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The problem is still in the fuse box/TIPM causing this issue as well….most likely. Once that box gets nasty, causes all kinds of gremlins got another on the way to try
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Re: Ram Lights mystery
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02/22/23 01:08 PM
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You mean the factory pcb inside the tail light assembly?
The left is factory----works perfect.
The right assembly is new and doesnt have a pcb----just wires right to the bulb sockets that unscrew . Then new plug to factory plug
I wonder if that is pissing of the computer ?????? Is there anything on the factory pcb (inside tail assembly) besides traces ( capacitors/ resistors ) ???? Maybe the computer senses that ???
what is confusing is i KNOW im getting voltage to the Left bulbs (they work fine) ..........and im clipped right to that...to the Right bulb........thats baffling me Yeah. What happens if you swap the left tail light to the right side then? Just to hook up and try that is. I've never bought a new tail light but would have thought it would be identical to the old one and still use that board part. Maybe that's the problem? Unless it was having issues before? It knows when a light doesn't work so maybe somehow the setup on the new tail light is messing with the system somehow?
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