Tail light help.

[joey.w]

Linda Blair has taki'n over my electrical system!. Head, Break, blinkers, backup, hazards all work fine....Tail and side lights do not. I replaced the bulbs, checked the ground and fuse (all good) . Checked continuity, voltage...ect- seems to be fine in the rear of the truck- Might there be a hidden fuse somewhere Im missing? Wires are all good.
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[SouthBostonFJ40]

What vehicle?

 

[joey.w]

Woops Right! Its my 86 FJ 60.

 

[green40]

Had this kind of issue with my 40. All my lights are now grounded
straight back to the battery. Haven't had any problems since that was done.

 

[edwjmcgrath]

Had this kind of issue with my 40 too with the lic plate lights. Whenever you have a single wire system and count on chassis ground, that's where I would start looking for probs. When you say that you've checked out the ground, does the light work when you ground the tail and sidelights back to the battery using a jumper cable? I ended up running a ground wire from the tailgate to a bolt on the chassis because the tailgate door was "floating".

 

[joey.w]

Thanks guys... I'm on it as we speak!

 

[joey.w]

Turns out it was a broken wire way up the line!
Thanks for all the help!