 Electrical Mayhem in 1 Day?, Help Troubleshooting please? |
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| rpmmaxxed |
 Feb 3 2006, 09:50 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 387 Joined: 24-May 05 From: Oceanside, CA Member No.: 4,140 Region Association: Southern California  |
All was running perfect on the 1.7, up until yesterday. I look down, and notice all guauges are dead.
I release my brake pedal, and all guages perk up, but slightly off. Night falls, I turn heater/defroster on, and suddenly my rpm guage is off by 1,000's, my gas guage is hovering above zero (I know I have 3/4 tanks). This has happened once before, for just a couple minutes, and went away. That was months ago, not its happening again, and not goin away. At the touch of my brake pedal, all guauges drop dead, my blinkers do not function anymore, and the backlight on my heater knob is no longer working. Anyone that can help, please do. |
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| markb |
Feb 3 2006, 09:54 AM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California 
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Start with the most common culprit and clean all your grounds.
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| Dr Evil |
Feb 3 2006, 09:56 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 22,995 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Yup, look at your tranny ground strap, too. Any reacent issues with water?
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| ClayPerrine |
Feb 3 2006, 10:00 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,443 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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check the fuses..... the gauge fuse will cause all sorts of weird stuff if it is blown.
But frankly, this sounds like a bad ground. Check and clean all the ground points in the car, starting with the one above the fuse box..... |
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| rhodyguy |
Feb 3 2006, 10:03 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,075 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
the tach go to 0, and gas gauge goes to nothing when you put on the brakes? check fuses 5 or 8 can't remember this off hand, to see if one of them is blown, and those related ciruits. i experienced this but it only did it when the raidio was on. i changed the radio power to the cig lighter fuse and it cleared up the problem. i think i was just overtaxing one of the lower rated fuses.
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| redshift |
Feb 3 2006, 10:08 AM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
You kicked it a fuse out!
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| Series9 |
Feb 3 2006, 10:08 AM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
I would check the master ground next to the fuse box.
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| HarveyH |
Feb 3 2006, 10:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 450 Joined: 19-June 03 From: Downingtown, PA Member No.: 843 |
Had a similar problem a couple of years ago, I think it was the #5 (possibly another one though) fuse was worn through where the retaining clip contacts the metal end cap. Looking at the fuse in place, it appeared that the fusible strip was good, but there was no contact to the clip.
Good luck Harvey |
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| rpmmaxxed |
Feb 3 2006, 10:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 387 Joined: 24-May 05 From: Oceanside, CA Member No.: 4,140 Region Association: Southern California |
Will check all of the above mentioned in a short while. Thanks for such a response folks.
It really does help. |
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