Resistor found in 2000 blazer live tail light and earth wiring
 

Has anyone come across a resistor in tail light wiring harness. I found a resistor wired into my faulty right tail ligyt and am trying to work out why its there or if its a factory or home addition
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Resistor found in tail light to earth wiring loom

No need for a 2nd thread when you are already getting responses in your other thread discussing the loom location. Per the rules of the forum, please keep everything on a given topic in one thread. *THREAD CLOSED*