TAIL LIGHTS
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TAIL LIGHTS
BEEN BATTING A 1000 SINCE I BEEN ON THIS SIGHT AND IM SURE I'LL HAVE THE ANSWER SOON, BUT JUST RECENTLY HAD THE BACK END CRUNCHED BY A DRIVER NOT PAYING ATTENTION .THE BODY SHOP REPAIRED THE ASS END ,TOOK THE BED OFF REPAINTED EVERYTHING AND WHEN I GOT IT BACK THE PARKING LIGHTS (REAR) DIDNT WORK RECHECKED THE WIRES 100 TIMES CLEANED ALL THE WIRE CONNECTIONS TOOK THE PAINT OFF THE TAIL HOUSING THINKING IT WASNT GROUNDED RIGHT BUT STILL NO PARKING LIGHTS (REAR) WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON ,NOW THE REVERSE LIGHTS WORK ,BLINKERS WORK AND BRAKE LIGHT WORKS SO THATS WHY I'M ASKING IF ANYONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE AND AS ALWAYS THANKS!!
300 six banger 3 speed on the tree with 33,000 orig. miles Next was to get it painted and restored ,3 years later a new motor f(1986 302 5.0 HO ) parts from a 1971 mustang to a 1965 mustang .. huge aluminum radiator to keep at 160 degrees, bored 60 over, cam 750cfm edelbrock with a matching performer, roller rockers on new edelbrock 201 aluminum heads, and mustang headers,HEI distributor, Just put on a power disc brake conversion kit 11 3/4 inch rotors from MPBrakes ,brings a whole new meaning stopping on a dime!Got rear leaf springs ,dropped 2.5 inches and she cruises so much nicer!
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the grounds for the rear lights in the bed. come from the taillight housing grounding to the bed via the tail light housing screws. adn then the bed grounds to the frame which completes the circut for the ground. i would check the paint between the housing and the bed. it almost has to be a ground problem i would think.
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Re: TAIL LIGHTS
You can also test the individual bulb contacts with a test light (just be careful not to touch the socket when probing the contacts). Test for ground with the test light clamp hooked to positive. Check turn sig switch wire connections and fuses.
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Re: TAIL LIGHTS
After the above, I would go to the harness connector under the hood-by the firewall (where the power for the rear lights originate) and check for voltage there.
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SOLD-71 F-350 dually flatbed, 302 / .030 over V-8 with a "baby"C-6, B & M truckshifter, Dana70/4.11 ratio, intermittent wipers, tilt steering, full LED lighting on the flat bed, and no stereo yet (this way I can hear the rattles to diagnose)! SOLD!
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SOLD-71 F-350 dually flatbed, 302 / .030 over V-8 with a "baby"C-6, B & M truckshifter, Dana70/4.11 ratio, intermittent wipers, tilt steering, full LED lighting on the flat bed, and no stereo yet (this way I can hear the rattles to diagnose)! SOLD!
Many Ford bumps / one 76' EB / and several dents through the years.
A lot of "oddball" Ford parts collected from working on them for 34 years now!
2008 Ford Escape 4 x 4
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Re: TAIL LIGHTS
Did you check the bulbs?
The parking light function is on a separate filament in the brake/turn signal bulbs.
Backup lights have no correlation to these lights.
The parking light function is on a separate filament in the brake/turn signal bulbs.
Backup lights have no correlation to these lights.
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Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! 
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
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that is a licence plate light wire. the only ground is the bed to the frame and housing to the bed. if it is a ground problem then it would be to the frame. but if everything else is working that probably isnt the problem. can you push in on the bulb and make them work? maybe the guts are worn down and not makign good contact with the bulb.
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It turns out that the body shop rigged the tail light wire into the molded plug , so somewhere along the line they severed it when they disassembled the bed from the from the frame so i found another plug at a junk yard (luckily, undid all the tape wrap from the tail light to to front of the truck ) there was also a small nick in the brown wire(tail light wire) at the wire tie down strap causing the problem , thanks for all your help !! Regards Mike
300 six banger 3 speed on the tree with 33,000 orig. miles Next was to get it painted and restored ,3 years later a new motor f(1986 302 5.0 HO ) parts from a 1971 mustang to a 1965 mustang .. huge aluminum radiator to keep at 160 degrees, bored 60 over, cam 750cfm edelbrock with a matching performer, roller rockers on new edelbrock 201 aluminum heads, and mustang headers,HEI distributor, Just put on a power disc brake conversion kit 11 3/4 inch rotors from MPBrakes ,brings a whole new meaning stopping on a dime!Got rear leaf springs ,dropped 2.5 inches and she cruises so much nicer!