3FE engine. 229k miles. Mostly done baselining and so starting to get into the minor nits.
1: When I bought the truck the dome light closest to front was out. I replaced bulb and it didn’t work. Knocked hand against the cover and it flickered and then eventually worked. Has worked fine ever since.
2: lights in gear selector on floor never worked so assumed bulb was burned out and added to long list of to do’s.
3: on a long drive the other night and the gear selector lights came on out of nowhere. It was a glorious moment. But I also knew that meant a gremlin lurked somewhere…
4: got home; opened door; no dome light. Smacked it around as before, light kicked on, flickered and stabilized.
5: gear selector lights go out and no longer work. Gremlin materializes. Same scenario played out against last night. Gear selector lights come back on (glory) then go out if messing with dome light.
So they obviously are connected somehow. My fuses all seem ok. I pulled kick panel on d/s and there was an old Motorola cell phone speaker setup that was piggybacking off a couple fuses. I took the unit and all the wiring out. Nothing else obvious from visual inspection. I’m electrically challenged. For some reason have a hard time following wiring diagrams. I have a multi-meter and have used it before to test some switches at my house. So I can get up to speed if I need to. Appreciate any thoughts on best way to try to tackle this in a linear, systematic fashion.
Thanks.
1: When I bought the truck the dome light closest to front was out. I replaced bulb and it didn’t work. Knocked hand against the cover and it flickered and then eventually worked. Has worked fine ever since.
2: lights in gear selector on floor never worked so assumed bulb was burned out and added to long list of to do’s.
3: on a long drive the other night and the gear selector lights came on out of nowhere. It was a glorious moment. But I also knew that meant a gremlin lurked somewhere…
4: got home; opened door; no dome light. Smacked it around as before, light kicked on, flickered and stabilized.
5: gear selector lights go out and no longer work. Gremlin materializes. Same scenario played out against last night. Gear selector lights come back on (glory) then go out if messing with dome light.
So they obviously are connected somehow. My fuses all seem ok. I pulled kick panel on d/s and there was an old Motorola cell phone speaker setup that was piggybacking off a couple fuses. I took the unit and all the wiring out. Nothing else obvious from visual inspection. I’m electrically challenged. For some reason have a hard time following wiring diagrams. I have a multi-meter and have used it before to test some switches at my house. So I can get up to speed if I need to. Appreciate any thoughts on best way to try to tackle this in a linear, systematic fashion.
Thanks.