lights for parking on all the time?

1973 CHEVROLET TRUCK

136,000 MILES • 5.7L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC

CHRISTOPHER N JAMES

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I just finished installing a new dash pad and head light switch, then reconnected the battery and the parking lights come on and stay on all the time. The only way to shut them off is to disconnect the battery.

Mar 3, 2020 at 7:16 AM

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Hello,

You have got the wire going to the parking lights shorted to power somewhere. In the diagrams down below I have included a guide describing how to find a short to power. You will need to use a Digital Multi-meter [DMM] to use this guide, so here is a link below to another guide explaining how to use one, if needed, below:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-a-voltmeter

Please go through these guides and get back to us with how everything turns out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros

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Mar 3, 2020 at 9:34 AM