Hi Folks,
I had a failure of my front passenger side-parking bulb. Replaced bulb and still no light.

Then remove the front lamp assembly wire harness since there was a short circuit on that bulb. Cut off and replace what appears then as a ‘bad portion’/shorted section of the wire. Put it back, light comes on. but it is brighter than the other side.

On closer examination, I discovered that there is a diode or resistor on the cut off wire and not just a rusted wire.

This lead to ask these questions:
1.) Does anybody know what this thing is?.
2.) Having one side of the parking bulb brighter than the other cause any harm?
3.) Can I buy a new wire harness or I have to buy the complete front lamp housing assembly?
I do appreciate any help on this matter