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Post by: Lazer on May 27, 2004, 09:18:57 PM

Let loose wires touch in my car, where CD/radio is supposed to be, now dash/interior lights, speedo, and tach don't work anymore...

Anyone know what this needs to be fixed?

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Post by: Sixpence on May 27, 2004, 09:19:33 PM

Fuse

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Post by: bizket on May 27, 2004, 09:21:38 PM

Develop a very strong sense of speed. Same thing happened to me when I had my old Ford LTD. Never got a ticket;)

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Post by: Lazer on May 27, 2004, 09:22:10 PM

hmm.. i have unmarked fuse box on a BMW.. how do I find which one?  

They are solid fuses, and I can't see which ones are blown.. :(

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Post by: ra on May 27, 2004, 09:22:12 PM

Flux capacitor.

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Post by: RTR on May 27, 2004, 09:22:49 PM

Yep sure does sound like a fuse.

uh huh...yep.......Fuse alright.

(seriously though, sounds  like you just blew a fuse)

RTR

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Post by: Lazer on May 27, 2004, 09:24:15 PM

Knocked out a tail light, and license plate illumination... arrggh..

Sounds like a lot of fuses to me...

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Post by: RTR on May 27, 2004, 09:24:39 PM

Lazer if you haver acces to a multimeter, just meter them.

You should show continuity from one side through the other. If it shows continuity its good. If it is a dead short (no path) it is bad.

cheers,
RTR

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Post by: Lazer on May 27, 2004, 09:26:01 PM

Thks! Will have my hands full tomorrow after work..:rolleyes:

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Post by: Lazer on May 27, 2004, 09:27:23 PM

She still does 0-60 in about 7 seconds, I have something going for me.. :D

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Post by: xrtoronto on May 27, 2004, 09:31:03 PM

Quote

Originally posted by ra
Flux capacitor.

ROFL

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Post by: FUNKED1 on May 27, 2004, 09:33:43 PM

Make sure you check your muffler bearings too.

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Post by: Lazer on May 27, 2004, 09:39:34 PM

gah... :D

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Post by: midnight Target on May 27, 2004, 09:51:47 PM

Vortex generator...

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Post by: Gunslinger on May 27, 2004, 10:56:00 PM

dont forget to make sure your gig line is strait and that you have plenty of blinker fluid.  


YES you popped a fuse or two...no bid deal.  that's what chewing gum wrappers are for.

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Post by: capt. apathy on May 27, 2004, 10:59:05 PM

look for the fuse that is burnt

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Post by: MrCoffee on May 27, 2004, 11:01:49 PM

I would check your fuze box but it sounds strange because thats not suppose to happen since everything in your car thats electrical is suppose to be isolated to seperate circuits. Otherwise if your interior light bulb burn out, your car would stop in the middle of the freeway. Were you running a main hot wire directly from the battery to power your stereo?

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Post by: capt. apathy on May 27, 2004, 11:13:11 PM

everything is not isolated, they are just ran in parallel not sequential circuits.  so one burnt bulb won't kill the circuit (like with cheap Christmas lights, which are sequential)

each fuse can have several systems running off it, or just one, depending on the amp-load.  several small things, like stereo, dash lights, instrument cluster, etc, can and usually are ran off of one fuse.

it's very likely that the radio, dash lights and instrument cluster share the same fuse.  they are in the same area, and often share a fuse.

so just tape those wires so they don't ground again, and then look through the fuses with a penlight and find the burnt one.

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Post by: MrCoffee on May 27, 2004, 11:20:06 PM

Yep, your right, dash interior lights, etc... usually run on the same circuit. I didnt read the original post correctly thought he said all his elect was burnt.

:rolleyes:

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Post by: XtrmeJ on May 27, 2004, 11:39:26 PM

Couldnt help but notice your name MrCoffe. Maybe I can send ya some Kona Coffe straight from the source ;)

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Post by: Lizking on May 27, 2004, 11:53:46 PM

I would just sell it.

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Post by: XtrmeJ on May 27, 2004, 11:55:15 PM

It's easy enough to get I should hehe. I'd be up for a nice trade too tho:p

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Post by: MrCoffee on May 28, 2004, 12:01:14 AM

Quote

Originally posted by XtrmeJ
Couldnt help but notice your name MrCoffe. Maybe I can send ya some Kona Coffe straight from the source ;)

What a kind gesture. You can email me via the AH bbs.

:)

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Post by: XtrmeJ on May 28, 2004, 12:03:22 AM

Will Do.

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Post by: Sandman on May 28, 2004, 12:46:16 AM

NM