Help with short.

[Stomis]

Ok so I stumbled upon some things today good and bad. First I found the general area that my short in my system is in. Its the same one that slowed down my right blinker and burnt out my right blinker bulb in the dash. I'll explain a little further.

My right front parking light has never worked. The blinker works but is slower than the left. So today I start going at the wiring to half ass the parking light into the head light. Upon cutting the wire for the parking light I realise that my blinker is now functioning at the correct speed both left and right are equal. I havent gotten into my dash to replace my right blinker bulb yet but I imagine it will work now.

Now my question is: That means my short is in my socket for the right blinker/parking light correct? How do i go about fixing this?

Secondly my dash backlight no longer work but everything else is good. All gauges etc. I imagine that since I just noticed that my backlight ground is broken (and always has been) that my backlights were finding their ground through the blinker. Does that sound right? I'm not very good with electrical but this seems to be what makes sense.

Obviously I need to fix my ground for my backlights, but will that still leave a short at my blinker socket? Can you replace those blinker sockets?

 

[USSkoval]

I think there's a short between the driver's seat and the steering wheel

All joking aside, replace the light socket and see what other weird problems go away. Just splice in a new socket from NAPA (the dealer is WAY expensive) or a used one from another car/truck.

 

[Stomis]

Alright. I guess its time to take the dash apart again...................

 

[USSkoval]

I thought you were talking about the bulb socket for the front park light?

 

[Stomis]

I am. But I need to fix my ground on my dash lights and replace my right blinker bulb in the dash.

 

[dhcomp]

did you check your blinker fluid ?

 

[Stomis]

Lol me and my friend actually had this dumb ass kid going in class that the blinkers run on hydrolic fluid and that we werent f*cking with him.