Short in Taillights

[jrbr]

I have an '87 cutlass cierra, 3.8L. When I turn the lights on the fuse blows for the running( or tail ) lights. The head, signal and break lights all work. There is a clip on the firewall where I was able to disconnect all the front lights, fuse still blew. I found a clip in the trunk to disconnect all the tail lights, fuse still blew. I checked the wires behind the fusebox and all seems fine. Could there be a relay or something I could check yet or am I doomed to rip apart dash and look for the short there? Please help!

[maxwedge]

Traces the wire back thru the body from the point you disconnected them to the fuse box , also are the dash lites on the same circuit

[jrbr]

Will trace the rest of the harness today and no the dash lights are not on the same fuse. Thanks for the reply.

[jrbr]

Turns out the short was in the stereo. I still don't know how exactly but I disconnected the stereo and the lights are working fine now.

[maxwedge]

An AM radio?, always mention issues that are non standard in your posts.

[caddyman379]

It was a Delco right? Out of curosity, was it the illumination wire you disconnected?

[tweakerxp]

Originally Posted by caddyman379

It was a Delco right? Out of curosity, was it the illumination wire you disconnected?

Just out of curiosity, is the illumination wire a plug with 2 wires, one orange, and one brown?