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| ventilator01 |
 Jan 11 2006, 04:26 PM
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Everytime I turn on the headlights, the 5th fuse from left blows, then have no tail lights on drivers side. When I first checked it both 5th and 6th fuse were blown, replaced both now 5th keeps blowing. Thx Steve
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| SirAndy |
Jan 13 2006, 06:49 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,234 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
ok, '74 and later, 5th fuse from the left ... #5: Parking Light, Left (Drivers Side), 8 Amp DO NOT USE anything other than the 8 Amp fuses or you'll run the risk of burning your car to the ground ... they're called "fuse" for a reason! also, did you check the wiring in the back? the fuse is for the parking light on the drivers side front AND rear ... and just to make sure, the sidemarkers are *not* supposed to blink ... now, it seems like one of the power wires is on the wrong prong or grounding out otherwise. that's why your fuse blows every time you turn on the lights. i can go and shoot a bunch of pictures, as i have a '74 harness in my car ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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Posts in this topic
ventilator01 Fuse keeps blowing Jan 11 2006, 04:26 PM
DougC Dude, I hate problems like this.. sorry i won... Jan 11 2006, 05:03 PM Rand Fuses 5 and 6 are parking lights. Look for a short... Jan 11 2006, 05:08 PM Aaron Cox had the same problem.
did you recently weld up or... Jan 11 2006, 05:11 PM ventilator01 No I did not recently do anything, but I just got ... Jan 11 2006, 05:43 PM r_towle We had this problem and it was traced to really di... Jan 11 2006, 09:48 PM blitZ I had a similar problem a few weeks ago. Traced i... Jan 12 2006, 07:06 AM ventilator01 Ok, i cleaned connection on side markers and front... Jan 12 2006, 10:00 AM ventilator01 I ran out of white fuses, and have been using red,... Jan 12 2006, 10:10 AM r_towle To funny,
We just did this too, putting my sons c... Jan 12 2006, 10:20 AM ventilator01 Reversed the wires to front light on drivers side,... Jan 12 2006, 10:51 AM ventilator01 Reversed them back, did nothing to other side yet... Jan 12 2006, 10:57 AM dmenche914 Be carefull swapping fuses colors, the colors indi... Jan 12 2006, 11:08 AM ventilator01 Yes I have a white one back in there now. Still st... Jan 12 2006, 11:30 AM dmenche914 Removed wires, replaced wires, and all is better??... Jan 12 2006, 11:47 AM ventilator01 no its not fixed, my fuse does not blow anymore wh... Jan 12 2006, 12:03 PM ventilator01 Just went for a ride, fuse blew when i turned the... Jan 12 2006, 07:20 PM Elliot Cannon Could be worse. I have a friend that grounded the... Jan 12 2006, 07:25 PM r_towle I think you have put a power wire on a the ground ... Jan 12 2006, 09:52 PM ventilator01 I dont see any numbers, I pulled off front wheel ... Jan 13 2006, 04:54 PM SirAndy i can't believe no one has asked this yet ... ... Jan 13 2006, 05:03 PM ventilator01 1974 have not had it long. Jan 13 2006, 05:34 PM SirAndy |
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