Lights Out on Triton Sled Trailer

SledBoy

SledBoy

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My driving Lights are out out on my 2 place V Triton Sled Trailer. Where are the 1st places to look at to fix it?
Other than light bulbs.
The trailer is about 4 years old.
Thank Guys!
Sledboy
 
Every couple of years or so you should rewire the trailer...I do this becasue it is much esier than spending half the day looking for the problem in the old wiring system, They get raod salt and crud built up on them and then the rip and short out etc. Just a thought that's all.
 
If you are towing with a newer vehicle with a tow package, alot of them have a seperate fuse for the trailer lights under the hood, I'd go there first or at least check the running light connector at the rear of the vehicle for juice first.
 
make sure you have tail light power at the female trailer plug on the tow vechicle & check to make sure you have a good ground ,road salt is really hard on the tail light wire in the plug, that wire is on most of the time & it make it rot out a lot faster than the other wires , gun grease on the plug helps that problem out a lot
 
crewchief47 said:
If you are towing with a newer vehicle with a tow package, alot of them have a seperate fuse for the trailer lights under the hood, I'd go there first or at least check the running light connector at the rear of the vehicle for juice first.
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yep, i had the same problem a couple years ago. my blazer had 5 fuses just for the trailer lights! #$%&*
 
I run into this ALL the time, just yesterday customer called and said left turn was out on trailer he drop of at the shop, told him we checked the lights and they were ok, then tried to explain the newer truck fuse system, he said but the other side works needless to say when he picked up the trailer I checked his truck and a left turn trailer
fuse was burned out, so in short check them just dont asume or look at them.
 
I think that often when a trailer sits idle all summer, you get a bit of corrosion at the pivot points so some lights (especially the ones mounted on the cap) don't work at first because the light isn't making good contact to ground. A few miles on the road gets things moving around enough so that all the lights have good ground and start working again on their own.
 
I would wire a ground in the system if that happens!
you see all these trailers going down the road with lights flashing on and off mostly because of bad or NO grounds. come on guys you would take better care of it if it was on your sled! spend a little time on your trailers, clean connections use electrical gel, install good grounds, use wire connetors with heat shrink etc......
 
clean the connectors between the trailer and the truck. If it worked before, that is where I would start. I doubt that 4 bulbs all failed at once.
 
Alot of trailers ground their lights through the frame/body. I run a seperate ground wire to all the lights and solder/heat shrink the new ground wires together. I find the lights are usually brighter this way. I also spray the trailer harness with WD40 after every trip.
 
Another place to look is in the back were the 3 oval lights are. Pop them out and look were the wire makes the bend out of the center tube, they'll chafe there past the plastic conduit
 
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