Electrical (fusable Link) Problem this time
09-23-2008, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by snwbrderphat540
i wouldn't recommend that last idea.... lol. well honestly i want to re-check the continuity, use a multimeter i know is working and i am using correctly and then see whats up. or do you have a passport radar detector? you can plug it into your cigarette lighter outlet in the car and get a volts reading lol.
sorry no radar detector lol.
09-26-2008, 05:57 PM
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Today I took off the neg battery cable then put the + probe to it and the - probe to the - battery and measured amps. it was .01 I took out fuses individually and when I took out the one of them the amps went to 0. I guess that circuit has a grounded + wire, right?
I looked at the fsm and the fuse box looks nothing like the one pictured. I looked at the wires going to it and it was a red wire with a blue stripe.It looks like that wire goes to the dash/gauges and door switch. Thanks, Jeff
I looked at the fsm and the fuse box looks nothing like the one pictured. I looked at the wires going to it and it was a red wire with a blue stripe.It looks like that wire goes to the dash/gauges and door switch. Thanks, Jeff
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09-26-2008, 09:50 PM
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.01 amps is about what the clock would use even if it doesn't move any more. The white wire with the red strip is the +. It runs from the alt to the dash harness, fuse box and amp gauge. Test this wire with your tester probe to ground (battery disconnected), shold be zero. If it beeps then you have a short. Check the back of the fusebox for melts.
09-28-2008, 05:05 PM
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I now have the multimeter set at A 20m and it shows between 27 and 46 Amps.
I had someone watch as I pulled fuses. I dropped to zero when the 3 fuses that are connected with the white/red stripe wire were pulled.
How do I Find where exactly along the white/red stripe wire the short is?
I had someone watch as I pulled fuses. I dropped to zero when the 3 fuses that are connected with the white/red stripe wire were pulled.
How do I Find where exactly along the white/red stripe wire the short is?
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