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Hi guys I have a question I am stuck with. I recently bought an alternator from Autozone big mistake I know. Well when I installed it, it overcharged my system to where my volt meter went into the side of the dash and my windshield wipers started freaking out. Well I immediately stopped driving and pulled over. I unplugged the alternator and drove home in just the battery , removed the alternator and swapped it. Well here’s the tricky part. Now only my left brake light works, and when the headlights are on I get no brake lights. Checked the bulbs and fuses all good there. If anyone has an explanation please let me know. I don’t know how the fuse didn’t catch it in time if something was to fry. Thanks in advance..
 

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We will start one step at time in order to make this an orderly process.

Start by swapping the non working bulb with one that works.
 

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Did you by a chance stick a voltmeter on it? There are fusible links that would burn out before anything bad happened due to overvoltage/amperage, but I agree, swap the bulbs out and go from there.
 
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