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Old Oct 19th, 2018, 10:49   #2
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Originally Posted by jket1961 View Post
I just replaced my heater core, uneventful straightforward procedure. When I reconnected battery however, the DIM wasn't working at all and the Position Lamp fuse in the fuse block under the hood had blown. I replaced the fuse and it blew again. Only when I removed the DIM would the fuse NOT blow. Is it possible that by removing and replacing the DIM during the heater core replacement that I created a short in the DIM itself? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Strange, maybe check the female connectors in each position lamp. They are exposed to the elements a bit so maybe one of them has corroded and shorted...doubt you would have done anything to the dim.
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