RadChad
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2024
- Posts
- 3
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- Location
- St Paul MN
- First Name
- Chad
- Truck Year
- 1979
- Truck Model
- c10
- Engine Size
- 350
Headlight switch meltdown
So I am building this ‘79 c10 with my 16 yr old and a couple weeks ago he took it to his last day of school and promptly forgot to turn the cab lights off after showing them off in the morning - of course the battery went dead. His buddy was “helping” him jump the truck and put the negative to the positive for about 10 seconds, which melted some wires. Most notably, the brown taillight wire in the headlight switch as well as the double orange wires which are for courtesy and (I think) taillight wire.
Question is: I think I have straightened out the brown wire mess and thought that the red wire brings power to the switch. Also, I only connected (or re-connected) one of the orange wires to where I thought I traced it to, but I still have no running lights, tail lights, dash lights. Am I incorrect about the red wire providing power? Is the other orange wire bringing power to the switch or is it somehow related to my lack of lights? The two pics show the burned wires and then my (at the time) fix. The blue wire resides where the brown wire was, and the orange wire had the red butt connector. I have since sourced a couple factory clips but still no power. Fuses were all good. Any help greatly appreciated.
So I am building this ‘79 c10 with my 16 yr old and a couple weeks ago he took it to his last day of school and promptly forgot to turn the cab lights off after showing them off in the morning - of course the battery went dead. His buddy was “helping” him jump the truck and put the negative to the positive for about 10 seconds, which melted some wires. Most notably, the brown taillight wire in the headlight switch as well as the double orange wires which are for courtesy and (I think) taillight wire.
Question is: I think I have straightened out the brown wire mess and thought that the red wire brings power to the switch. Also, I only connected (or re-connected) one of the orange wires to where I thought I traced it to, but I still have no running lights, tail lights, dash lights. Am I incorrect about the red wire providing power? Is the other orange wire bringing power to the switch or is it somehow related to my lack of lights? The two pics show the burned wires and then my (at the time) fix. The blue wire resides where the brown wire was, and the orange wire had the red butt connector. I have since sourced a couple factory clips but still no power. Fuses were all good. Any help greatly appreciated.