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Kevin zellweger Enthusiast

Kevin zellweger

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I just bought a cargo trailer today and while hooking up the inside light did not work, so I checked the fuses and the service guy grabbed his test light and there was no power on the aux line. the fuses are fine but he had said they see alot of trucks only a couple years old maybe with harnesses that don't work right.

 

he noted that corrosion would be the most likly cause, here in alberta the new spread they put on the roads are highly corrosive.

 

 

Has anybody else noticed this?

 

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MCourson Senior Enthusiast

MCourson

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I know they dont come from the factory with the fuse in the Stud 1 in the under hood fuse block. Just making sure, but was that ever put in? If not that would explain it.

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03GMCSierra4.8L

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I can prob tell you exactly what the prob is. Chk the underhood electrical center for the Fuse in Location "Stud-1". If there is no fuse (prob wont be) install a 20-30amp fuse. Now, thats not all.....Under the black enclosure that is around the elect center you will find Stud 1 and you will also find a wire with a ring tounge terminal that is prob not hooked to it! Hook it up and you should have pwr to the connector on the rear of the truck. As you can tell my 03 did not come with this hooked up, took some head scratching and a call to a local Camper Sales to figure out what to do. My Dealer was dumbfounded....imagine that!

 

Let us know if this is what it took for you to get it solved.

 

Terry

Kevin zellweger Enthusiast

Kevin zellweger

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Boy do I ever feel like a :cheers: , I figured it out on my own today while i was waiting in the parking lot. thanks for replying though.

 

That was exactly what was wrong. no fuse in stud 1, i remembered that the service guy pulled out the fuse from the ABS and put it in stud 1 and then got his test light, in the mean time while he got his light i switched the fuse back, because i figured that was not right and i want ABS to work. I usally think a lot more clearly than this. (must be something different in the air in Airdrie)

 

Thanks again. do i ever feel stupid

 

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bigdogs Senior Enthusiast

bigdogs

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Do they also make a auto reset curcuit breaker for that fuse? If so does anyone know where to get it? Mine didn't come with a fuse either and preferbly would like a circuit breaker in there.

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