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Old 02-18-2021, 12:21 AM
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So it looks like I'm missing a wire in my tailgate taillight.
The tailgate has two lights. One for reverse and 1 for tail light.
I now understand what the previous owner did.
He wired tailgate tail lights to the brake lights.
This way the tailgate taillights would like up brighter when braking.
I removed these wires and analyzed what's going on.

The connector for tail lights has 4 wires.
2 grounds: for reverse light and for tail lights in the tailgate.
1 power for reverse light.
NO POWER WIRE FOR TAIL LIGHT.
So what the previous owner did, he spliced a power from quarter panel brake light and tail light to the tailgate tail light.
This would make all tail lights light up brighter during braking.
Now I'm trying to figure out how things should've been originally. Because I only see 2 wires going to the connector. Ground and reverse wire.
In this case how is the tailgate tail light supposed to be getting power?
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