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Do check me out. Lights good! Now no start :(
- Thread starter blazinzuk
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Right on Eric! 
Does the entire undercarriage look like that one pic you posted?
Looks stupid clean on the bottom.
Looks stupid clean on the bottom.
Pretty cool rig Eric!! If the only rust is what's on the outside that'd be amazingballs!!
I'm jealous, been wanting to add an old diesel burb to the fleet.
Well took it into town today ( town being a 100 miles or so). Towed my car hauler to get some house stuff and a trampoline for the kids.
Did good. Really need to work on the lights. It's got some funky stuff going on.
So I'm pretty sure being driven easy with no trailer this is a 20 mpg rig. I pulled 19.6 off this last tank. Bout 200 highway miles. A 100 with an unloaded car hauler.
Round a 80 in town stop and go idling at stoplights etc.
Pretty pleased
Did good. Really need to work on the lights. It's got some funky stuff going on.
So I'm pretty sure being driven easy with no trailer this is a 20 mpg rig. I pulled 19.6 off this last tank. Bout 200 highway miles. A 100 with an unloaded car hauler.
Round a 80 in town stop and go idling at stoplights etc.
Pretty pleased
Yep it does. Really clean.
Not just rust free not a ton of grease and oil down under the rig either
I dislike you. I need to find a deal like that.
20MPG is not at all out of the question depending on gearing and injector freshness. My Suburban pulled 18 with 3.73s and the T/C lockup broken. The 1/2-ton with 3.08s has always beat 20 when unloaded. This is one reason that I'm not ever likely to downgrade to an SBC...
We got ourselves a disco inferno lol
So lights. No driver's taillight but it's got brake lights. Drivers headlights are dim. Passenger headlight dim as soon as you hit the brakes. When you turn the headlights on the driver's side turn signal light up very dim. Then when you hit brights the turn signal gets bright.
Trailer lights well let's just say there are lights that come on back there but never when they are supposed to.
That's what I'm working on today.
I'm checking for bad grounds first
So lights. No driver's taillight but it's got brake lights. Drivers headlights are dim. Passenger headlight dim as soon as you hit the brakes. When you turn the headlights on the driver's side turn signal light up very dim. Then when you hit brights the turn signal gets bright.
Trailer lights well let's just say there are lights that come on back there but never when they are supposed to.
That's what I'm working on today.
I'm checking for bad grounds first
Replaced bulbs checked wiring nothing obvious. Gonna replace the flashers see what that does problem is still there.
Replace the main switch. 90% of your symptoms can also be caused by a bad ground.
And they all come together at the switch.
Yah Napa was closed today so going to get a switch in the morning. We will see what that does
New switch still problem
No driver's side tail light. Brakes and turn yes.
Passenger side tail is fine.
Drivers side headlights are dim, passengers side are fine. All turn signals functional.
When you turn on the headlights the left turn indicator glows just a touch when the low beams are on. When the high beams are on the left turn indicator is really really bright.
I'm still thinking I missed something inspecting the wiring
No driver's side tail light. Brakes and turn yes.
Passenger side tail is fine.
Drivers side headlights are dim, passengers side are fine. All turn signals functional.
When you turn on the headlights the left turn indicator glows just a touch when the low beams are on. When the high beams are on the left turn indicator is really really bright.
I'm still thinking I missed something inspecting the wiring
Triple check the ground at the tail light. Then double check your redundant ground straps.
Then add some additional redundant ground straps.
Martin
Then add some additional redundant ground straps.
Martin
What Martin said
I think I had a problem like that once on my Firebird - where the front turn signal came on like that. Cant remember what it was. Either the socket on the signal lamp was jacked or a grounding problem up front.
This. And also check your grounds while you're at it.
(With an actual ohmmeter, not just guessing and checking). Light sockets are common weak points in this regard. If you're back-feeding the blinker, definitely check relevant grounds.
And get things grounded. That helps in situations like this.
