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turn signals and reverse lights don't work i checked fuses even put new ones in and checked the bulbs and they work because my hazzards work and put new bulbs in and new flasher and turn signal switch what do you think is wrong?

Check your switch with a tester. Could be the switch is bad...

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i will see if thats the problem.

Does the highbeam switch work? Maybe it is just unplugged? just kinda kinda weird.

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i need a turn signal ligt if someone has one just laying around please pm me

yes the high beams work.

Do your turn signals work on the front ? I have a Luv that I lost all the lights on the rear end. Come to find out that 25 years on a gravel road the rocks had chewd through all my wires near the back bumper. Also peppered my shocks so bad they lost their fluid. Just a thought.

check your wires near the back bumper to see if they are broken. Happened to mine.

i checked and they are together.

Have you checked your fuse block sometimes they get dirty, rusty, corroded and the fuses are good but no contact on both sides it happens to mine every now and then but with mine its the one for the ignition and wont start I just spin the fuse and wal-la it stars, just a thought

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What he said.....check that fuse block out REAL good. my 79 long bed that i have just finished puttin engine in, when 1st got it going , nothing was working except engine and headlights.
i then removed all fusesand cleaned up all the poles in fuse block,using fine grit sandpaper, reinstalled fuses, and had it all working except gauges, then ran a ground from under dash to the metal dash itself and viola......it all came back to life

also check your ground wires and, this will take another person, pull off your tail lens and poke a tester into your brake light bulb socket and have your trusty side kick press the brakes, if you dont get a light, then you got potentially bad wiring problem because the wire braid is a B!t*# to deal with.

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If your hazards work but turn signals don't, you at least know the wiring under the truck is working. I'd lean towards it being the switch or the wiring right around it, but you never know where electrical gremlins are going to get into. There are two plugs coming off the switch, one for high/low beams and one for the turn signals. The horn wiring is tucked in with one of them too. All told you'll have three wire bundles coming down the column when you add in the hazard switch. Check em all.

The reverse lights usually end up being the switch or the bulb/socket. The reverse light socket seems to gather a lot more moisture than the turn or tail lights for some reason, so even with new bulbs it may be that is the source of your trouble. The only way to really check is with an ohm meter on the contacts to the light rear assemblies. If you get continuity then the bulbs are getting a connection. The switch you can short closed under the truck on the trans, it is the one further back, almost to the tailshaft. You can just unplug it and plug the wires together. Reverse lights should come on when the key is on. If they were working though and just stopped at the same time the turn signals went then it could be a common cause but it seems sort of unlikely to me.

Wiring issues can get very strange. On my old 79 I had wiring for the reverse lamps get shorted in the harness to the main alternator wire. (it had gotten hot at some point and melted things) The result was the truck would not die when you turned off the key. Power was running back from that short to the reverse light wiring and powering the coil and fuel pump just like the key was still on. I took a wild guess that I had a short and ended up pulling the entire harness apart. Needless to say I was thrilled to find my problem within the first 4-5 feet. My parting tip, just another "what he said": When in doubt ground something.

ok about the flashers the black connetion to one flasher the one that says driv, pass, and something else don't remeber but i only have two wires going in the to go to the flasher and i checked and i can't find any wires that are hanging for it to be loose is that why i should have 3 not 2?

yea i would have to agree that it is probably the wires i would check all of them I am about to rewire my whole truck because wires tend to break and burn and then you end up with a problem like you have and the kits to rewire arent that expensive and you can change over to the new style fuses