Lights are all wonky

[plummrey]

The new headlight switch works I now have gauge cluster lights, all my front back lights aren’t weird anymore except the left front parking light behind the grille will come on for hazards and parking but will not blink for signal

 

[DoubleDingo]

The new headlight switch works I now have gauge cluster lights, all my front back lights aren’t weird anymore except the left front parking light behind the grille will come on for hazards and parking but will not blink for signal

Could be turn signal switch

 

[Doppleganger]

Or a turn signal relay.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Or a turn signal relay.

Flasher? Is that what you mean by turn signal relay? I was not aware these have turn signal relays. If so, I need to dig deeper into the wiring to make sure I am diagnosing things more thoroughly when things go awry.

 

[Doppleganger]

Flasher? Is that what you mean by turn signal relay? I was not aware these have turn signal relays. If so, I need to dig deeper into the wiring to make sure I am diagnosing things more thoroughly when things go awry.

Every car I've had had a turn signal relay - I suppose it could be called a flasher. ?! I bought a replacement one from a newer stock vehicle that makes LEDs work just fine.

 

[plummrey]

I replaced the door pins that cut the interior lights on since they were really rusted, done works now. Replaced the 7-pin headlight switch actually twice and when I pull for parking or all the way for headlights, there’s no taillights and the headlights go out when I click for bright on or off,, dash switch knob wiggles and they’ll cut on but immediately I hear a lite clicking noise behind the cluster and headlights cut off. Any ideas?

 

[DoubleDingo]

Perhaps the pins weren't replaced in the correct position? Bad grounds? Bad switch? I don't know. I don't like electrical gremlins for this reason you're experiencing.

 

[plummrey]

Exactly!!!

 

[Randy and Easton]

I’m going with @DoubleDingo , ground. Check rear tail lights in the housing to bed and switch to parking brake frame. One other thought is dimmer switch maybe? Not sure if those new squares (compared to E’s ‘76!) all run through dimmer switch first?

Randy

 

[plummrey]

Just curious......was there remnants of the ghost of trailer-hitch past on your truck? Seems thats when lights get wonky, or even worse, discombobulated.

The wires are cut where I have circled so it doesn’t have the small split off for the license plate lights,, my lights work now except quads only one set at a time works, dash light’s also not working again

I have another thread just today ‘quad lights not working now’ maybe i should have put it here instead of another thread lol

 

[plummrey]

Guess it would help if I attached the pic

 

[plummrey]

Doppleganger I made another thread, wasn’t sure if I should’ve just put it on here updating what’s going on: forgot to add the cigarette lighter was blowing a fuse but since replacing that doesn’t happen anymore:

When bought all four headlights worked properly (2 on low all 4 on hi beam).

I have added an old stock radio like an original (no radio or speakers in when I got it), same wire colors and all, speakers are regular (2 small dash and 2 ovals in the back). I put new side marker lights in and spliced them in the correct wires on the parking lights. I put in new license plate lights and that’s spliced correctly (attached is an example pic circled of where my back light harness was cut of so it doesn’t have the two plugs for license plate lights). Grounds are all cleaned up, new battery, new headlight pull switch, new correct bulbs, new cigarette lighter thing, new door pins for interior lights. New relays in the fuse panel, everything is stock to keep it close to original.
Before in my other post signal lights were wonky. But those are working now except my headlights it’s one one set on at a time. What else should I look at

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[plummrey]

Nevermind, the bottom clip on the cluster plug was broken off and bottom half of plug was out of the cluster which I believe is for the headlights

 

[plummrey]

Also forgot to resplice wires when changing the front marker light sockets, ( I had cut the wrong ones first) after fixing that the back small lights in the housing come on in the back . So can finally put my bezel and redone dashboard on