Tried to fix license lamp now no tail lights

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deltaguitar
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Tried to fix license lamp now no tail lights

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Today I took my truck to get inspected and they said I had to have a license lamp. I thought it would be simple enough to fix.

Until I got under the truck and could not find a hot wire (I just assumed there would be one hanging down. So I opened the drivers side tail light cover where the light bulb is connected and where I knew there would be power. I unplugged the bulb wire at the connector and then used that power to figure out how the lamp worked.

Then I decided to go under the truck to see if I could trace that wire back to a place where I could splice in. I hadn't spliced or anything yet and then I noticed that the taillights don't work! I guess I broke something but neither tail light is working.

Is is possible I blew a fuse? The headlights still work and the fuses look ok but I am not sure what I did.

Where do I start? Also, should I start thinking about a wiring harness or is that just way to big a job for something as small as this? :(
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Also, where would be a good place to buy wire? I don't think I want to get into a harness yet.
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Nevermind . . . false alarm. I guess I had unplugged something to insure that I didn't blow a fuse and went to help get the kids in bed and forgot. What an idiot.
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