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Fuckit, less than $20 parts, and very little labor. Works perfectly 👍
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2026
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You had better have fused that line somewhere
This is still a project truck. Note that most fuses are 30 amps...
The flasher circuit is meant for a 15 amp fuse.
Right now, IDGAF, it works...
I hope this thing is parked far away from flammable things. You NEED to give a fuck. Just jamming 30A fuses is reckless, If the circuit is blowing the fuse it is designed for the problem is NOT the fuse.
This is a bit like people not masking for covid. Road safety depends on everyone having secure vehicles that follow all rules and that won't suffer power failures in the middle of the road. A bodged circuit that can pull that many amps can cause a fire, even if the truck is parked, and could cause a house, a field/forest or other cars to catch fire.
The worst part about it isn't just putting other people at risk, it's the dismissive attitude. "Oh, but it's my car, and it works for me" "why do you mind it so much if it's not your car" and "well, the rest of the wiring is even worse, so it's alright". OP should be worrying about their car a lot more, and you can have your car towed for this in many countries with tighter regulations.
While this bodge will work in a pinch, OP should really consider fixing it before using that car again, and they should definitely care a lot more about it and the possible consequences to other people.
You don't understand shit from our side.
I'm literally unbodging the wires here. The last 2 owners were literally brain damaged. I'm patching the wires up back as correctly as possible, one headache at a time.
Go ahead, tell me where the flasher module actually is in the truck...
3 possible locations, I can't find a fucking thing. So I decided to install a flasher module myself.
Guess what? It works, and we're not driving a BMW..
Power failures in the middle of the road? What the fuck are you talking about?
This is just a blinker light module. You want us going out driving like BMW drivers with no blinkers?
Bro, chill...
No, I want you to not be driving around with something that could cause power failures. If your blinkers don't work, you shouldn't be driving, period. Bodging them in a way that could be dangerous doesn't count.
And yes, I've had one car burst into flames in the middle of the road because of electrical issues caused by a bad bodge done by a mechanic. And it was precisely a bodge with the fuse. Don't mess with that stuff.
Please explain to me how this could ever possibly cause a 'power failure'
The whole goddamn circuit was already short-circuited. I just bodged in a flasher control module in the middle of an already shorted circuit.
It works perfectly.
It's not, the bulb is limiting the current. Until it stops limiting it. Then you have a fire
The lights would burn out first if anything happens to go wrong.
Everything working fine right now, minus the emergency flasher button, but that'll require a whole new steering column to fix the emergency flasher.
It works, and keeps the cops off our ass...
mucho amps = mucho sparks when shorted
Nothing to short out here, I'm extremely diligent in my wiring.
I have not jammed any nonstandard fuses in it, this is just kinda how we inherited it.
I'm slowly but surely rearranging the wires and such as they're meant to be.
Just not in a hurry to replace the entire steering column, we need a driver's side door first.
Welcome to Mississippi, inspections aren't a thing, and nobody gives a fuck..
Since you need a door, and from another response of yours, a steering column, it sounds like your going to be going to a pick and pull. 96 sonoma does not have a super complicated wiring harness, and half of the dashboard is already out.
Can't find right now. Steady looking for parts once or twice a month..
If a fuse can handle more current than the wire, the wire becomes the fuse.
Every wire is a fuse, once...
It's your time and money, but I'd really consider putting an inline fuse on it. Better than it burning down.
Yeah I thought about that.
This truck is a fun hot mess, I'm figuring it out though..
Best of luck!