weird tail light electrical problems

Okay this is a follow up to an earlier post I made. Here is what I wrote in it:

hi everyone,

I have a 1989 chevrolet k 1500 4x4 truck. Had some work done on the box recently (it was removed) and when i got it back my tail lights havent been working properly (the tail light wires were frayed off about five years ago when my upper shock mount broke but were re-wired up and have worked fine up until now). I have both running lights, when i hit the brakes the driver side brake light works but the driver side reverse light comes on as well, the other side has no brake light at all. When i put it in reverse, no reverse lights work at all lol. I checked the wiring underneath. everything appears to be wired up (none loose or anything) and the ground appears to be ok. any ideas what the hell is causing this to happen??

Okay, so tonight I replaced all of the old wires with new ones, re- wired the ground and put new bulbs in the tail lights and guess what??? They still aren't working right!! As well, putting the right side signal light on makes the left side reverse light blink??? I replaced each wire at a time so no to mix them up when i was re- wiring. Really stumped right now. only thing I can think of is that the sockets in the tail light circuits must be bad and need replaced. Anyone got any ideas suggestions??

-M

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thirdeye
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ALright, I'm at my whit's end here. Put new tail light circuits on both sides tonight. while its a little better, its still messed up. here's a summary:

Park Lights Off:

Left side -- OK Right Side -- Both Reverse lights flash Brake -- Both reverse lights come on, left side brake light comes on. R -- right side brake light comes on hazard lights -- both reverse lights flash, left side brake light flashes, right side brake light does not flash

With Park lights on:

LS -- OK RS -- Both reverse lights come on B -- Both Reverse lights come on R -- Nothing Hazard -- Both reverse lights flash

No idea where to go from this point. I think I've checked everything. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions???

Reply to
thirdeye

Sounds like the mech. cut the harness to remove the bed ,,then didn't get the correct wires spliced back together.. Check for a splice and take it apart and look at it.

Reply to
samstone

already did. the wires are matched up correctly.

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thirdeye

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