<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1a9cf278yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Good point. it wouldn't. But the information offered was a bit sparce. Is it just the tail lights and do the brake turn signal lights work?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I believe there is a fuse for those lights somewhere in the harness. It was a dealer upgrade at some point. Later TR's have a fuse in the fuse block for that.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp1a9cf278signature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 10:40:26 AM CDT, auprichard uprichard.net <auprichard@uprichard.net> wrote:
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<p class="ydpa5d3f0d2yiv8530706335MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="color:windowtext;">But how would bad grounds affect the dash lights?</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Drews<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 20, 2026 10:05 PM<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] electrical issue</span></p>
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<p class="ydpa5d3f0d2yiv8530706335MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: black;"><span class="ydpa5d3f0d2yiv8530706335pfptpreheader22494b"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white;">I'd check grounds too - if the lights are grounded to the body and the body was painted they may no longer be grounded. Regards, Tony On 4/20/2026 5:38 PM, auprichard
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<p>I'd check grounds too - if the lights are grounded to the body and the body was painted they may no longer be grounded.</p>
<p>Regards, Tony</p>
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<p class="ydpa5d3f0d2yiv8530706335MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: black;">Yes – same circuit. But I’d also expect the front side lights / running lights not to be working and possibly the headlights too.</p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [TR] electrical issue</span></p>
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tail lights and dash lights were not working. All other electrical items are working.
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home, I discovered that the tail lights and dash lights were not working. All other electrical items are working. Are those 2 items, dash and tail lights on the same circuit? Everything was working before the paint job.</span></p>
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