[urq] reverse light short

[Bruce Bell]

Dave, I'd remove the bulb first and check the socket.  Perhaps some
corrosion there has caused a short. Also, how about the wires going into the
trunk? On the 4kq's and the 200 they tend to kink and break near the hinge. 

Bruce 

-----Original Message-----
From: djdawson2 at aol.com [mailto:djdawson2 at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:57 AM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] reverse light short

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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