I have new turn signals on my Savage, well actually they have been there for some time, but I have not worked on them since I bolted them on.  Anyway, the rear set is not a problem because they have two wires on the old and new set.  However, the front is a problem.  The stock set had 3 wires and the new set has 2.  I try to hook them up and no matter what I do I fry a fuse each time.  

Can someone help me with the proper way to wire these up so they work without killing fuses?
My Savage is  '96 model, if there are differences in the wiring colors, etc, between the various years.

Thanks guys.

I had the same problem with my rear lights because I hooked them up to run with the tailight to. I don't remember how I finally got it to work but I will look and let you know.

Lancer, I checked out my wiring and the lights I have are dual element, dual contact bulbs with 2 wires. I wired one of the wires to the turn signal hot wire and the other to the taillight hot wire. They work just they should. The lights must ground through the bolt. They are metal housings though not plastic. Hope it helps.

steelwolf wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

your rears are dual element???  stock?? i dont think you can have amber running lights in the rear..my 2 pennies

LANCER wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

According to my Clymer's, for 1996 on:

Stock wire to the front turn signals:

Black / white -- negative/ground/common

Slate -- running light -- Hot lead from 20amp fuse thru ignition switch.  Ground this and it's fuse popping time.

Black -- Turn signal hot lead from turn signal switch and relay (blinker)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Grab your battery charger (a handly source of non-blowable 12 volts.)   Turn it on, clip one each lead to each of the wires from the new turn signal.  Bulb should light.  If no light and the charger is normal, replace bulb/socket.etc until it does light.  If the charger pegs it's amp needle then disconnect -- you have an electrical short AKA fuse popping time in the new turn signal.

Assuming the lamp lights -- clip one lead to the mounting bolt.  Touch the other clip to each wire one at a time.  If you get a spark but no light then that is the ground wire.  If the lamp lights then that is the hot lead for the turn signal.  If nothing happens your socket is isolated from frame ground, repeat with the first clip on the main part of the bulb socket.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Connect  the black/white harness wire to the ground lead of the lamp.  Connect the black harness wire to the hot lead of the lamp.   Cap/tape off the slate harness wire -- if it touches ground with ignition on it will blow the fuse.

Lancer,

Are these dual element or not?  There are two easy ways to tell:

1)  look at the bulb.  If they are dual element, you will see two curly wires, not one.  You may even see three, with one longer one being supported in the middle, which really makes it two.

2)  look at the bottom.  There will be two little dots for dual element, one for single.  These are the leads intot eh light bulb socket.

If it is dual element w/ two wires, the little case needs to be grounded to the frame.

V