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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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First off, 1994 Formula

So yeah, all lights on my car are working except my parking lights. I checked the fuse box and the 15Amp fuse was blown. I replaced it, left the cover off and turned the parking lights back on and saw the fuse IMMEDIATELY blow out. I repeated the process with a 25Amp and a 30Amp and it blew those also. I've checked the wiring to my lights in front and back and nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. Anyone have any suggestions / fixes? I'm starting to think it might be the switch itself or something to that nature but I'm beginning to become annoyed at the fact that I can't drive at night due to lack of lights in the back.

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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Do you have water in the front turn signal housings? Have you changed any bulbs lately or done any electrical work before this started happening?
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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I changed pretty much everybulb in the car but this was happening before I had done that. It just keeps repeatidly blowing the parking light fuse when I turn them on.

The tail lights when I bought the car were full of water from sitting so long. I drained them and I replaced all bulbs and rusted sockets and checked the wiring. Everything now works except the parking lights
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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Has this been happening since you did the sockets?

If you pull all the light bulbs out and throw the switch, does the fuse still blow?
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 12:14 PM
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This was happening before I replaced the bulbs
Ill pull them all out tonight and see if it will still blow.

Its starting to really frustrate me
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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Yea, the bulb thing will help.

If it blows without the bulbs, then you've got a generalized wiring issue that will be harder to track/trace.

If it does not blow without the bulbs, then its probably a more localized thing that you can trace by plugging in bulbs one at a time until it blows.
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