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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 10:28 PM
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I own a 2005 Power Wagon. The high beam on the right and low beam on the left side as well the left signal tail light does not work. I have checked all the fuses and bought new bulds, changed them out and they still do not work. Is there something I'm missing here? Is there a relay under the dash (olden days) that should be checked? Any help would be appreciated.

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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 09:23 PM
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 11:08 PM
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Could be bad sockets, or possibly a bad power distribution box under the hood.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 06:23 AM
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If all your connections fuses etc are all good, do a search for PDC.
A lot of these fuse boxes have corroded printed circuit board issues, which can be rectified if you can solder.
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lxman1
Could be bad sockets, or possibly a bad power distribution box under the hood.
Power Box for a 05 is the fuse box. Just found out the fuse box under the hood was NFG, wires were corroded and inside was wet. Probably from having too much fun. Totally corroded and not "fixable". $600. for a new box plus labor. such is life!!!
Thanks to everyone who posted.

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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Oakley
Power Box for a 05 is the fuse box. Just found out the fuse box under the hood was NFG, wires were corroded and inside was wet. Probably from having too much fun. Totally corroded and not "fixable". $600. for a new box plus labor. such is life!!!
Thanks to everyone who posted.

Mike
There you go....a BIG design fault if ver there was one!
Your new PDC should come with a plastic "splash guard", which fits underneath the PDC. It's a bit like a plastic funnel.
Make sure you have this otherwise, several months down the line, you'll be back to square one again.
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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Al, thanks for your response, you hit it right on the head, the old box was NFG and could not be repaired. The new box arrived at the mechanics and it did come with the "funnel". He was fixing the tranny on a newer Ram, opened the hood just to see if there was a similar problem and saw the fuse box was now "TILTED" so the water would run off.
There you go, and again thanks.

Mike
 
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