Jbaker33
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This is electronic related
Ok, so just to preface this, I have an 06 ram 1500 5.7l hemi QC 4x4 with 162,000-ish miles. I just replaced my water pump this weekend. I had spinal surgery almost 2 months ago and it is too much for me to stand on a stool and bend over. So in order for me to fix it, I had to take out the radiator, the fan shroud and anything else that was in the way. I replaced the leaking water pump and used some rtv for good measure. After putting everything back together, filling it with coolant, warming it up and adding more and burping it, I i took it for a test drive. Even tho I live in the country and no one was around at 5 am, I'm very **** about using my turn signals. That's when I noticed my right turn signal was hyper flashing, indicating a burnt bulb (Doesn't illuminate 'bulb out in my truck just an FYI). Once In the garage I could see the rear was not blinking. I took the taillight off and removed the circuit board thingymagig(yes, that's the scientific name lol). Looking at the bulb, it still has both elements connected.I then Switched the top (blinker/tail) with the middle (brake/tail) and the bulb in question worked like it should. The middle, known to work bulb that I put on top did not work. That tells me the socket isn't getting power. However, when I turned on the tail-lights, that element would illuminate but the blinker on both of the existing bulbs wouldn't. I tried the new one as well.
I'm pretty sure that the water pump has nothing to do with the blinker issue but I wanted to post as much info as possible (Sorry about any irrelavent info lol). My question is, where should I go from here, and where does the blinker wire go to once it leaves the socket? I looked in the FSM that I downloaded from the internet but those diagrams are confusing and are hard for me to read.
I'm buying a new multimeter tomorrow because I'm an idiot. I set my old one on top of my kerosene heater the other night. It wasn't on nor hot at the time but the next day I went to start it and let it warm the garage for 30 mins before going to work on the water pump. I thankfully came out a few mins later to a smoke filled garage and found It like this (pic posted below). Any tips, tricks or guidance on where to look and what to look for would be greatly appreciated.
Ok, so just to preface this, I have an 06 ram 1500 5.7l hemi QC 4x4 with 162,000-ish miles. I just replaced my water pump this weekend. I had spinal surgery almost 2 months ago and it is too much for me to stand on a stool and bend over. So in order for me to fix it, I had to take out the radiator, the fan shroud and anything else that was in the way. I replaced the leaking water pump and used some rtv for good measure. After putting everything back together, filling it with coolant, warming it up and adding more and burping it, I i took it for a test drive. Even tho I live in the country and no one was around at 5 am, I'm very **** about using my turn signals. That's when I noticed my right turn signal was hyper flashing, indicating a burnt bulb (Doesn't illuminate 'bulb out in my truck just an FYI). Once In the garage I could see the rear was not blinking. I took the taillight off and removed the circuit board thingymagig(yes, that's the scientific name lol). Looking at the bulb, it still has both elements connected.I then Switched the top (blinker/tail) with the middle (brake/tail) and the bulb in question worked like it should. The middle, known to work bulb that I put on top did not work. That tells me the socket isn't getting power. However, when I turned on the tail-lights, that element would illuminate but the blinker on both of the existing bulbs wouldn't. I tried the new one as well.
I'm pretty sure that the water pump has nothing to do with the blinker issue but I wanted to post as much info as possible (Sorry about any irrelavent info lol). My question is, where should I go from here, and where does the blinker wire go to once it leaves the socket? I looked in the FSM that I downloaded from the internet but those diagrams are confusing and are hard for me to read.
I'm buying a new multimeter tomorrow because I'm an idiot. I set my old one on top of my kerosene heater the other night. It wasn't on nor hot at the time but the next day I went to start it and let it warm the garage for 30 mins before going to work on the water pump. I thankfully came out a few mins later to a smoke filled garage and found It like this (pic posted below). Any tips, tricks or guidance on where to look and what to look for would be greatly appreciated.
