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now i gotta problem on my 8 chevy custom deluxe work in progress... haha... uhh a little while ago my chevy started (while going down the road ) the lights would flick on and off evey bump some times just flick off? and a couple times just the whole truck just shut off i was woundering if there was something specific i should check or i minght just get a new frame & cab and do a switcharoo do it frame up i dunno i could use some suggestions on the electric part also my gas gauge doesn't register anytthign on the needle i've tried new gauge and tracing out the wires i'm thinkin sending unit or something alon those lines any help would be greatly appreachiated



also my names Andy, i'm from ware mass and i love working on quads and motors off all sorts building go carts stuff like that

try checking the grounds for both lights and fuel guage, if not the ground and the guage and wires are good, probably sender.

on the lights you might check the printed circut board connections, mine are loose and im just slowly replacing them with aftermarket

by lights you mean dash or head and tail?

all the lights on the whole truck..head ,tail, interior, blinkers ,etc ..... and when i put my hazzards on and i hit my brakes they stop flashing and just stay on till i let off the brake

umm ok checks grounds anyways... as far as hazards... mine do that as well..... i think thats the way it is.. that or mine have been broken for 6yrs now!

welcome to the board
id check grounds on everything you prolly got a loose one somewhere

my battery always drains too!! once i hit a wrench from the brakes to the frame and it sparked

Sounds like electrical gremlins which suck @$$ big time. Start by checking your grounds. Check the connections on the battery as well and make sure everything is tight.

I am confused when you said you hit a wrench from the brakes to the frame and it sparked. The brake wires to the frame?

How old is the battery? How is the alternator? Do you have an aftermarket stereo in there? I have seen so many of these hooked up wrong that will eventually drain the battery.

What else has been done to the electrical system? Trailer wiring, aftermarket fog lights, off road lights, stereo, amps, etc, etc.

So many questions for someone who is looking for answers! :)

Man, I hate electrical problems with a passion.

I don't think this is a ground problem. Sounds more like a dead short to me.

First, make sure nothing is using power that you can see, such as clock etc. Remove the positive battery cable. Get a test light and hook one end to the positive battery post, and the other to the positive battery cable. With the truck off, the light should be off. If it's on, you have something using power, of course. Pull a fuse and see if the light goes off. If not, put this fuse back in and pull another. Keep doing this until the light goes off. When/if the light does go off, you found the circuit where the drain is. Then it's just a matter of finding the short.

Good luck.

Did I mention I hate electrical problems? :)

Oh, and welcome to the board, Andy.

it's stock radio stock lights nothign aftermarket is on the wireing harness