my interior lights keep goin out went to replace the fuse (23) with a 15 and as soon as it touched the contacts it would blow.... same with a 20.... any ideas? i went through like 3 fuses just tryin to replace it!

 

Are you sure it was fuse # 23. I don'tsee a wiring diagram for that one...

 

just checked it....
fuse 23 15amp interior illumination, overhead electrical, power mirrors

 

Ok let me look for a sec...'

 

Ok i didn,t see the fuse on a 03, so I looked at an 04. That fuse goes to several things. This may seem dumb, check your power outlets and make sure that there is not a coin it it. And I am gonna keep looking...

 

checked the power outlets.... clear

 

It means either you wired something into that fuse along the way and it's over amping the fuse or you have a short in the system. As a rule of thumb going up a fuse is not a good idea because instead of blowing the fuse you could burn out a place in the wiring instead. As Murphy would do it for you he would make the burn out in the wire at the absolute least accessable spot. I would start at the fuse box and check for continuity in the wire all the way too each leg the fuse supports and see if you can find the place where it loses continuity.

Hope this helps.

 

this sucks.... i got nothing wired to that fuse.... no luck yet..

 

don't let out any of the magical smoke (an old aviation mechanic joke). The more magical smoke you let out of the wires the less the component will work. Check to ensure no magical smoke is leaking out...

 

Never heard that one. What does it mean?

Does the fuse blow when the truck is turned on or off or both?
Try to turn everything off (overhead lights, lighters, etc.) and see if it will blow. Also check to see if there are any other fuses blown. There might be a bad ground somewhere. Going to be kinda hard to find it though.