[urq] reverse light short

[Tony Hoffman]

I actually had one that wore through in such a way, when you parked it in 1st, 3rd, or 5th, the taillights would come on, though dim. Would kill the battery in about a day and a half :(
 
Tony Hoffman

Newsh at aol.com wrote:

This is a common fault, the wiring runs along the top of the gearbox 
attached to webs on the casting with metal clips. The insulation will have riubbed 
through somewhere.

John

Message: 12
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:57:18 -0400
From: djdawson2 at aol.com
Subject: [urq] reverse light short
To: urq at audifans.com
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My 85 has been back in action for about 7 days... and a strange behavior has 
started. My gauges/turn signals etc stopped working when I left work 
yesterday. I got home a checked the fuse (#12)... blown. Replaced, and 
everything's fine. I tested the functioning of each item on that circuit, and nothing 
goes wrong until I activate the reverse light. Put the car into reverse, and 
the fuse blows.

Any BTDTs? I have very limited tools where I am, and no place to work... so 
if anyone has run into this, I'd love to hear a shortcut. My first thought 
is to disconnect the reverse light switch at the trans, and see what happens. 
I've never seen one of those fail creating a short... but if the entire 
circuit is disabled, I'm thinking I'll at least avoid blowing the fuse until I 
can fix it correctly.

BTDTs appreciated!
Dave




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