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Hello everyone! My name is Chris... and I have a 1984 Toyota Rader with a 22r... right around 100k miles and in mostly clean original condition. Recently, I moved into an apartment where I am only allowed one car - since I owned both an Outback and this Toyota rig... the Outback had to go. That makes this my daily driver... which is ok by me... except right now my tail lights are going haywire and I can't figure them out. I have pulled every single bulb one by one... I have inserted each bulb one by one... I have disconnected the lights in the front. I saw some wear on the wiring harness going to front headlights and changed those out. Still... can't shake this ghost. Please see attached GIF below for exactly what is going on. When I hit the brakes the rear end lights up funny. If I leave the marker lights in (they are removed in the video) they also light up randomly like a christmas tree. I have tried all new bulbs TWICE like an idiot... I have removed the housing from both the left and right side rear lights - and all the connections seem properly daisy chained together with no obvious errors. I am at a loss on how to find this ghost and fix it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance! - Chris Edit - a couple of other minor notes. The lights on the back left look more dim that the lights on the back right. Reverse lights do not seem to be functioning at all right now. Using left turn signal clicks more slowly than the right turn does at the dash. I have replaced the relay that controls that to no avail. Front end lights work fine. If the headlights are turned off... the rear lights work as they should... when the front headlights are on... they go haywire like you see in the GIF. Could it be switch on steering column? Anyway... thank you for your consideration of my issue.

I just bought a 1992 Dolphin and have quite a few projects in my future. I have some marker lights that need replacement right away, so I figure instead of replacing with the same lights, I should think about upgrading to LED. I'm trying to be cost efficient and not invest in anything I want to replace later, even though the cost is minimal. My question is, if I were to swap out all of the marker lights in the rear with LED instead, is there anything I would need to do other than simply connect the wires and attach? Eventually, I would want to replace the headlamps and interior lights too. I have read that the headlights would require a new wiring harness and that for an RV, LED lights should have a voltage regulator. I'm not sure what to look for or avoid, or if swapping even the marker lights to LED could involve more than I realize. I'm a newbie, both to owning an RV and also doing this work, so I would appreciate input that explains this in simple terms. Links to low cost lights also appreciated. Thanks!

What's up guys - I just bought a 1990 Toyota Winnebago and have been working on it daily. Currently, I am replacing the standard light fixtures with LEDs. I was replacing the first fixture and started stripping the two wires to connect to the new LED fixture and as I stripped the second wire, half of the lights went out on one side of the rig while the other stayed on. I now realize that stripping wires with all of the power on was not a good idea..The air vent fan doesn't work either. The RV has a 250 watt solar system attached to it. I checked the wiring with a probe and all of the wiring and devices that are not on (lights, air vent fan) have power coming into them, so they are hot. Any advice on how to get the power back on and what the issue could be? Thanks in advance.

Can someone help me to understand what's going on here with the wiring? The pics are from over the cab running lights.... this is at the far left this is the second light the third and this is at the foot of the cabover next to the fridge. what do I do with this??