Found me a gremlin

[diymirage]

With the seasons changing I've been putting the plow truck through the paces

I found it had a strange issue, wel several, really

The first thing I noticed was that my back up light were not working properly

No big deal, I'm running a few LED spots hooked up to the OEM back up wiring, so maybe I over did it with that
I drew a new line from the fuse box, and all is well again

Around the same time I noticed I lost my tail lights, and brake lights

The real kicker is, when I put on a single turn signal, both of them come on very faintly

I did some research and found there is something called a "g400" grounding point on the frame and that one can cause some issues when it be becomes a lil corroded
So I crawled under there and found this

That spot is about 2 foot from my rear plow motor, which has a 2 gauge wire running back up to the battery

So I extended that ground out, and grounded it out on the ground lug on that pump...and just like that EVERYTHING works again



Long story short, check your grounds guys

 

[sabre67]

By the title, I thought you bought yourself a AMC.lol,lol

 

[halifaxhops]

Your best friend for grounds

 

[diymirage]

Your best friend for grounds

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Wouldn't have don't me any good here, the eye had clean snapped of the cable

 

[halifaxhops]

Still great for the frame cleanup for the new one. I have a set with 1/8-5/16 pilots I put together, but I do a lot of electrical work. They last a long time. Found out about them when I was USAF

 

[diymirage]

Still great for the frame cleanup for the new one. I have a set with 1/8-5/16 pilots I put together, but I do a lot of electrical work. They last a long time. Found out about them when I was USAF

Except for the fact I attached the new one to the negative lug of the rear plow pump, right on top of the 2 gauge wire running straight to the battery