Light socket replacement

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I got a replacement socket for my "bumper light" I hate to assume....but I assume yellow replaces the original blue wire and the browns(brownish) and blacks match up?
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I would think that’s the way it needs to be wired.

Easy enough to verify. Ground the black wire, apply power to the yellow then tan. One of those wire will power a filament noticeably brighter than the other. That wire will be the brake/turn wire.
 

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thanks Matt
 

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Pretty sure they’re mimicking typical trailer wiring color convention. Yellow and green are turn/stop and brown is running lights.
But what Matt said. Just hook your connections loose until you verify. Check twice, crimp once!
 

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thanks guys got it all figured out....but 1 butt splice short... what a pain. ran out of uninsulated butts. got shrink tubing got it all ready and only 2 splices
 

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