wadingthroughlife Posted Monday at 02:26 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:26 AM Howdy y’all! I replaced a few cracked Bargman amber covers over the cab of our ‘87 Sunrader, but since buying a few months back, they haven’t lit up. I read that they are all tied in the same line that runs down the whole truck to the rear, but I haven’t really put a meter on anything. I guess I was wondering which order of operations I should take to investigate. I definitely don’t want to bother re-sealing around the markers until they’re all lighting up. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extech Posted Monday at 03:55 AM Share Posted Monday at 03:55 AM first find a good ground- battery neg post- and connect it with a piece of wire to the grounds on the lights and see if they light up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted Tuesday at 12:14 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:14 PM Well with all of them out it's a supply issue. I'm going to guess that they have their own fused circuit. The logic would be the truck lights were all ready wired before they put a house in it's back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadingthroughlife Posted Tuesday at 03:21 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 03:21 PM 3 hours ago, Maineah said: Well with all of them out it's a supply issue. I'm going to guess that they have their own fused circuit. The logic would be the truck lights were all ready wired before they put a house in it's back. Hm.. So I have to try to find where it's going into them somehow. I'd super prefer not to remove the ceiling panel, but I will have to in order to install a solar panel at some point I guess. Maybe this project waits till then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted Tuesday at 06:33 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:33 PM The wires going to the front clearance lights can be found behind the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Not too hard to remove but be careful. You're not going to find a new cabinet to replace it Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadingthroughlife Posted Tuesday at 06:56 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 06:56 PM 22 minutes ago, linda s said: The wires going to the front clearance lights can be found behind the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Not too hard to remove but be careful. You're not going to find a new cabinet to replace it Linda S Noted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted Tuesday at 07:26 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:26 PM If there's no power there, link wires to front to a 12 volt source and see if they light up. Don't drop any of those wires. I don't know how hard it would be to fish them back out. Tape them to camper wall before you cut anything Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadingthroughlife Posted Tuesday at 07:46 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 07:46 PM 15 minutes ago, linda s said: If there's no power there, link wires to front to a 12 volt source and see if they light up. Don't drop any of those wires. I don't know how hard it would be to fish them back out. Tape them to camper wall before you cut anything Linda S Where do the wires continue on to, aside from behind the medicine cabinet? To the converter/rear fuse box area? Just thinking about other access points to test on. It'd be super cool to get these going before replacing the taillight housings with led housings (etrailer slightly shorter replacements and filling the gap with abs panels) and moving onto the stereo/speaker replacement and rear camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extech Posted Tuesday at 08:18 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:18 PM you could also just use a powered wire from battery and touch the pos side of the light its self. if they all light up its a feed wire from rhe light switch. if it smokes you have a grounded (short) feed wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted Tuesday at 08:20 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:20 PM Power starts at rear passenger side taillights. Not from taillights directly but from same wires that supply them. If rear clearance lights and taillights work, the break is somewhere behind upper drivers side cabinets. Front lights must work when you give power or it gets more complicated Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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