[petek]

Didn't forget about you Art ... it took me a little bit of time to find my CR manual and take a look at the wiring.

Do you have an DVM (digital volt-ohm meter) or simply just an ohm meter?

Take a look at page 3-73 in the CR manual. The steering column pigtail harness. What I'd like you to do is disconnect the +12 from the battery and pull the flat connector from the steering column.

Once the batter is disconnected and the connector is pulled from the steering column, measure the resistance (ohms) from circuit 169 or circuit 170 to ground. You should see a few ohms (10's, maybe 100's) of resistance. The resistance is the cold filament resistance of the tail light bulbs.

If you don't have a meter, give a yell and I'll come up with another test. The test above will isolate the problem to 1/2 of the system and we can go from there.