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Earthing Rear lights FJ40

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Earthing Rear lights FJ40

Post by superg »

Hi guys i have a problem with my RHS indicator staying on, both the front and back.

I was wondering how do the rear lights get earthed? I have tested all 4 pins on the plug and it looks like each pin is for a seperate light. Brake, Parker, Indicator and Reverse. So where do the lights get earthed? is it to the body through the shell of the lights? Because i think a bad earth is what is causing the indicator to stay on. Any Ideas?

Also does anyone know what the Green with Orange Stripe wire coming out near the rear lights are as well? there is one on each side but not connected to anything. thanks.
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Post by shorty_f0rty »

ground should be a white wire with black strip and red bits..

I have a wiring diagram here : http://members.iinet.com.au/~ironpaw/bj ... iagram.pdf

which should help you out.
Originally Posted by Pin_Head View Post

The color code is:
Wiring color code is shown with alphabetical letter/s. The first letter indicates the
basic color for the wire, and the second letter indicates the spiral line color.
B = Black
Br = Brown
G = Green
Gr = Gray
L = Light Blue
Lg = Light Green
O = Orange
R = Red
W = White
Y = Yellow
Example: RG is for Red and a Green line.
other links that might help are:
http://www.ericleblanc.com/gallery/g2da ... 20bj40.jpg
http://www.ericleblanc.com/gallery/g2da ... 20bj40.JPG
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Post by superg »

My lights have the 4 plugs, as i was saying one for each light and then the parker plug also has a wire coming from it up to the number plate lights and then a wire coming off the number plate lights to earth. Does the earth from the number plate lights also earth the rear lights? Im still unsure how it earths itself because there are only these wires going to the rear lights.
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Post by DIRTY ROCK STAR »

start using hand signals :D
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