Chevy Truck: Short In Turn Signals / Keeps Blowing Fuse
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Date: 2022-01-29
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Florida
Eric O my gosh! First you let an S Bomb fly, and then you leave a problem only half solved! What s the world coming to? I mean, you ain t even a flat rate guy. Get in that door panel and find the true cause of that electrical issue. This is some straight up Scotty Kilmer stuff right here. Aren t you going to lay awake at night asking yourself why the blue/white wire was shorting out? Won t it bother you that someone might ve give a mirror bolt all the beans and crushed the wiring harness? Or is this what you call job security? Not fixing a problem so the customer will inevitably return one day after his drivers side door turns into a human roaster while he s driving down the road minding his own business? Man, if I can t have faith in SMA reaching a 100% sound resolution to a problem then I might as well just quit believing in the laws of physics. (Okay, I laid it on thick hoping my sarcasm would be clear. You went full shade tree mechanic with this fix and I LOVE IT)
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Eric O my gosh! First you let an S Bomb fly, and then you leave a problem only half solved! What s the world coming to? I mean, you ain t even a flat rate guy. Get in that door panel and find the true cause of that electrical issue. This is some straight up Scotty Kilmer stuff right here. Aren t you going to lay awake at night asking yourself why the blue/white wire was shorting out? Won t it bother you that someone might ve give a mirror bolt all the beans and crushed the wiring harness? Or is this what you call job security? Not fixing a problem so the customer will inevitably return one day after his drivers side door turns into a human roaster while he s driving down the road minding his own business? Man, if I can t have faith in SMA reaching a 100% sound resolution to a problem then I might as well just quit believing in the laws of physics. (Okay, I laid it on thick hoping my sarcasm would be clear. You went full shade tree mechanic with this fix and I LOVE IT)
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DAVID
I think we should rename you captain oblivious obvious. Assume got you again. You figured out the obvious about manufacturers making universal harness in some applications. How long have you been doing this? And you don't listen! I yelled through the innerwebs, I thought loud enough, when you disregarded the second leg thinking there were no wires there just because it didn't have that option. If I were a true troll I'd say I'm unsubscribing and never watching again and then watch and comment anyway. I'm not going to do that though, you're stuck with me cause you're entertaining and I know I sound like a jurk. Just kidding, never mind.
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I think we should rename you captain oblivious obvious. Assume got you again. You figured out the obvious about manufacturers making universal harness in some applications. How long have you been doing this? And you don't listen! I yelled through the innerwebs, I thought loud enough, when you disregarded the second leg thinking there were no wires there just because it didn't have that option. If I were a true troll I'd say I'm unsubscribing and never watching again and then watch and comment anyway. I'm not going to do that though, you're stuck with me cause you're entertaining and I know I sound like a jurk. Just kidding, never mind.
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Anthony
Eric, you are a trouble-shooting master at finding after-market electrical disasters in cars and trucks! I don't there are too many people to deduce these types of problems any more-it's time consuming and frustrating (evidence on the broken parts. However, with your years of experience, you patience, and your handy-dandy wiring diagrams, it's a joy to watch you break apart complex diagrams into segments to find. there's your problem, lady! As an educator, I find your methods easy to follow and inspirational for back-yard, shop, and professional mechanics the world over. Great Job!
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Eric, you are a trouble-shooting master at finding after-market electrical disasters in cars and trucks! I don't there are too many people to deduce these types of problems any more-it's time consuming and frustrating (evidence on the broken parts. However, with your years of experience, you patience, and your handy-dandy wiring diagrams, it's a joy to watch you break apart complex diagrams into segments to find. there's your problem, lady! As an educator, I find your methods easy to follow and inspirational for back-yard, shop, and professional mechanics the world over. Great Job!
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Frank
I have a bunch of personal experience with 97-01 Jeep Cherokee electrical and I can tell ya, they made the wiring harness to include all options whether the specific vehicle has that option or not. case in point, fog lights. the wiring is still ran/included for it all the way up to the interior control panel where the button for it would be. less hassle for manufacture to make different harnesses. (especially for the GMs endless variations of RPO code combos)
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I have a bunch of personal experience with 97-01 Jeep Cherokee electrical and I can tell ya, they made the wiring harness to include all options whether the specific vehicle has that option or not. case in point, fog lights. the wiring is still ran/included for it all the way up to the interior control panel where the button for it would be. less hassle for manufacture to make different harnesses. (especially for the GMs endless variations of RPO code combos)
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Rob
Very interesting diagnosis Eric. It is a bugger that there was no indication that the wiring harness covered all or other RP options, though from my experience the main harness of vehicles does have a number of unused plugs ready for other options, however the wiring on the receiving plugs generally do not have the additional wires as they are not required. This vehicle seems to be in my opinion the exception to the norm. You did good to find the issue.
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Very interesting diagnosis Eric. It is a bugger that there was no indication that the wiring harness covered all or other RP options, though from my experience the main harness of vehicles does have a number of unused plugs ready for other options, however the wiring on the receiving plugs generally do not have the additional wires as they are not required. This vehicle seems to be in my opinion the exception to the norm. You did good to find the issue.
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Dennis
As always Eric, great video, you're a real sleuth.
FYI, on my '06 F150, the door harness has the wires for LEDs, and heated mirrors, even though it does not have those options. I discovered that when four wires broke inside the boot between the door and the cab, rendering the door lock switch inoperative. Out of curiosity I checked all the wires with a test light, and one of them was a turn signal feed.
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As always Eric, great video, you're a real sleuth.
FYI, on my '06 F150, the door harness has the wires for LEDs, and heated mirrors, even though it does not have those options. I discovered that when four wires broke inside the boot between the door and the cab, rendering the door lock switch inoperative. Out of curiosity I checked all the wires with a test light, and one of them was a turn signal feed.
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James
LOL, your comment about assuming the wiring diagram blah blah. I'm reminded of an expression I learned as a young man. When it comes to a discrepancy between the terrain and the map, go with the terrain. I do a lot of off-highway driving and I've actually stopped to help people have have gotten lost. More than once I've heard someone exclaim that mountain can't be there. Go figure.
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LOL, your comment about assuming the wiring diagram blah blah. I'm reminded of an expression I learned as a young man. When it comes to a discrepancy between the terrain and the map, go with the terrain. I do a lot of off-highway driving and I've actually stopped to help people have have gotten lost. More than once I've heard someone exclaim that mountain can't be there. Go figure.
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Old
Makes me love my 1994 K1500 all the more. No funky modules and electronic doo dads to crap out and drive me crazy. Any upgrades I made are well documented and have hand drawn schematics for the poor slob that gets my baby after I croak. Great job Dr. O on tracking down that crazy short. Love your vids and methodology.
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Makes me love my 1994 K1500 all the more. No funky modules and electronic doo dads to crap out and drive me crazy. Any upgrades I made are well documented and have hand drawn schematics for the poor slob that gets my baby after I croak. Great job Dr. O on tracking down that crazy short. Love your vids and methodology.
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Fluffy
Chicken scratch.
Would that be techspeak for the appearance that someone has been there, like, broken fasteners, loose harnesses, untaped sections of harness, evidence of prying devices on dash panels? Or is it the actual aftermarket wiring and splices that appear non-OEM? Or the aftermarket devices themselves?
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Chicken scratch.
Would that be techspeak for the appearance that someone has been there, like, broken fasteners, loose harnesses, untaped sections of harness, evidence of prying devices on dash panels? Or is it the actual aftermarket wiring and splices that appear non-OEM? Or the aftermarket devices themselves?
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