Greets all --
This is my first post, be kind.
I have a 1987 Toyota Supra, 7MGE non turbo, stock. My pops said my tail lights were out so I went to Wal-mart and purchased the new bulbs. They were obviously bad, they were blackened. The tail light assembly is original and is very crumbly from age. The bulbs were corroded within their sockets. I cleaned the sockets with WD40 and some sotch brite to remove the corrosion and inserted the new blubs back into their respective sockets.
All goes well for about three minutes...
After that, I noticed a very bad smell coming from the driver side rear bulb compartment. Noticing the Lamp Failure Module was very hot, I removed it and opened it up. It's a yellow box, about 3"x3"x1" or so, for those of you who are interested. Upon opening the sensor, one of the wires cooked and the the PCB it was soldered to was damaged by high heat.
I then ordered a new $180 Lamp Failure Module from Toyota, hooked it up, and it, too, unfortunately, cooked in the same place.
Obviously I have some kind of wiring short. The fuse under the driver side kick panel for the 'Tail' light is not blowing, it's a 15A fuse. My question is, where should I look for the short? Could the Lamp Assembly be causing it? Would it be safe to bypass the Module with some of the Mods I've seen floating around on the Internet? I'm open to suggestions.
Thank you for your time.
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Larry
This is my first post, be kind.
I have a 1987 Toyota Supra, 7MGE non turbo, stock. My pops said my tail lights were out so I went to Wal-mart and purchased the new bulbs. They were obviously bad, they were blackened. The tail light assembly is original and is very crumbly from age. The bulbs were corroded within their sockets. I cleaned the sockets with WD40 and some sotch brite to remove the corrosion and inserted the new blubs back into their respective sockets.
All goes well for about three minutes...
After that, I noticed a very bad smell coming from the driver side rear bulb compartment. Noticing the Lamp Failure Module was very hot, I removed it and opened it up. It's a yellow box, about 3"x3"x1" or so, for those of you who are interested. Upon opening the sensor, one of the wires cooked and the the PCB it was soldered to was damaged by high heat.
I then ordered a new $180 Lamp Failure Module from Toyota, hooked it up, and it, too, unfortunately, cooked in the same place.
Obviously I have some kind of wiring short. The fuse under the driver side kick panel for the 'Tail' light is not blowing, it's a 15A fuse. My question is, where should I look for the short? Could the Lamp Assembly be causing it? Would it be safe to bypass the Module with some of the Mods I've seen floating around on the Internet? I'm open to suggestions.
Thank you for your time.
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Larry