Help! No lights on the MFI Trailer Fine Last weekend any suggestions?

[gthh]

Hi Guys

Figures! Just hooked up my trailer and no trailer lights. It is pitch black outside now and I was planing on leaving tomorrow morning. Any suggestions for what could be the problem?


Thanks

 

[gthh]

Never mind. When I shed a little "flashlight" on the problem the dreaded white ground wire was sheared UGH!! Thanks for wanting to help (I know your out there, I can feel you thinking!)

 

[tdonoughue]

Check the ground wire...

 

[Gym]

Same thing happened to me. When it's ALL lights It's usually the ground.

 

[jetboater4life]

My lights are all on but brake and blinkers don't work. Any thoughts on it before I dig into it tomorrow morning?

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Could be the 2nd filament in the bulb if you have that style light.

Start by checking if the voltage is in the vehicle trailer plug with a multi meter.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

A

 

[Gym]

A

I was thinking the same thing

 

[jetboater4life]

Thanks the probing starts early tomorrow morning.

 

[Magic]

try spraying all the contacts with silicone..... before you go poking around with a multi meter.....its worked for us! (But only because we had the meter ready....if we didn't have one handy I'm sure it wouldn't have worked! lol!

 

[Julian]

Never mind. When I shed a little "flashlight" on the problem the dreaded white ground wire was sheared UGH!! Thanks for wanting to help (I know your out there, I can feel you thinking!)

Did I miss something? He already figured out the problem...

Perhaps he needs to fix the sheared ground wire????

 

[Magic]

My lights are all on but brake and blinkers don't work. Any thoughts on it before I dig into it tomorrow morning?

@Julian , We are on to a second problem in the same thread.... its a "two-fer"!

 

[jawsf16]

I was thinking the same thing

I don't know, it could be B...

 

[txav8r]

@jetboater4life , I have found that brake lights and blinkers are generally either the flasher unit or a fuse. There is more than one fuse for your lights, you will have running lights, and possibly both brake and turn signals.

 

[davel501]

Mine was dirty crushed contacts. Cleaned them and spread them back out and everything works again.

 

[jetboater4life]

I found my problem.

Good thing I purchased the LED light upgrade kit as I new this day was coming. Almost got everything wired back up. My heat shrink, crimp, and solder connectors are working pretty slick.

 

[jetboater4life]

I'll add that if anyone needs the plastic frames from my old tail lights they are all yours.

 

[davel501]

What's that in the background? Looks like an old Porsche or something else cool.

 

[jetboater4life]

What's that in the background? Looks like an old Porsche or something else cool.

That would be the toy vehicle in my sig. A 1975 Silver Anniversary Edition 911s. Only 510 of them were made. I drive it to work now and then on sunny days. My kids call it the fast car.

 

[jetboater4life]

I'm lovin my new LED lights. I didn't feel up to replacing them all. Did just the two main rear ones and they work great.