Quick question for some of you more electrically inclined people out there... I recently started sorting out the rear tail lamps and plate light on an 84 FJ60. Aftr diving in I quickly realized I needed to make a whole new harness from the plug at right rear access panel to both lamp assemblies, side marker lights and a new ground wire at the factory ground point. I included the rear plate lamp into the harness making a clean new power wire to the lamp. Fished it through the factory hole, yadda yadda. I have a good ground, but the plate light wire gets no power all the way back to the clutch pedal area. So obviously it does not light up.
Previous owner had a lot of splices and cut wires into either red or black wires making things kind of confusing at first. I have deduced, during the harness making process, that the RED/white trace w blue dots SHOULD send power to the plate lamp. Pics included. It is the only unused wire color in either rear lamp assembly but present at the harness going to both.
I am under the impression that the 15 amp fuse in the 5 position which is the fuse for all the rear tail lights would include this wire, but I get no power. This wire is either broken really close to the power source, or I'm wrong and its not the right wire, or its on a different fuse? I see this wire at one other 2 pin plug
pictured where it also still does not have power. It is in a plug with a red/black wire, which DOES have power. Not sure what that plug goes to. possibly the front dome light? IDK
Does anyone see a problem with getting power from the running lights if I cannot restore power to my RED/white blue dots wire?
Previous owner had a lot of splices and cut wires into either red or black wires making things kind of confusing at first. I have deduced, during the harness making process, that the RED/white trace w blue dots SHOULD send power to the plate lamp. Pics included. It is the only unused wire color in either rear lamp assembly but present at the harness going to both.
I am under the impression that the 15 amp fuse in the 5 position which is the fuse for all the rear tail lights would include this wire, but I get no power. This wire is either broken really close to the power source, or I'm wrong and its not the right wire, or its on a different fuse? I see this wire at one other 2 pin plug
pictured where it also still does not have power. It is in a plug with a red/black wire, which DOES have power. Not sure what that plug goes to. possibly the front dome light? IDK
Does anyone see a problem with getting power from the running lights if I cannot restore power to my RED/white blue dots wire?
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