95 F250 PSD electrical grief

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Peter Arnold - 18 Mar 2005 14:47 GMT

Hope to get some help with an electrical gremlin.

Some symptoms are:

Torque convert or intermittently unlocks with use of turn signals.

While driving with Cruise Control, it will shut down when using turn
signal.

Also unhappy when I use trailer brakes.

I've been told to put a diode in the lines to the brake lines to avoid
back feeding.

What size diode? Just wire in series near the light bulbs?

Any experience here?

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Peter T. Arnold
Windsor, Connecticut
U.S.A.

1987 Mercedes 300SDL, 222 Kmi on Delvac @ 20 Kmi Changes

1995 Ford F-250 W/PSD, 176 Kmi on Rotella @ 5 Kmi Changes

2002 PT Cruizer, 65 Kmi, Every 5 Kmi with what's on sale

1954 Metropolitan {My Hanger-Queen}

None use oil between changes, go figure ;-)

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351CJ - 21 Mar 2005 09:44 GMT

Your Cruise Control shutting down when using your turn signal is caused
by a bad ground in one of your tail lights.

You can determine which tail light has the bad ground by which turn
signal causes the cruise control to stop, if your left turn signal
causes it, then your right tail light has a bad ground.

> Hope to get some help with an electrical gremlin.
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> None use oil between changes, go figure ;-)

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dennis thompson - 03 Apr 2005 03:12 GMT

> Hope to get some help with an electrical gremlin.
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> None use oil between changes, go figure ;-)

check your thrid brake lite it is most likely bad bulb

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Tyrone - 05 Apr 2005 03:24 GMT

> > Hope to get some help with an electrical gremlin.
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> > None use oil between changes, go figure ;-)
> check your thrid brake lite it is most likely bad bulb

Most likely there is an open ground on the turn signal circuit. That
could include all brake lights being burned out.

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