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| StratPlayer |
 Oct 19 2006, 02:15 PM
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StratPlayer  Group: Members Posts: 3,278 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Damn,,, was diving my teener home yesterday when I noticed that my alt. light was on. Then I noticed I had no gauges at all, including the center console. The car ran fine. Got the car home and installed a new fuse for the blown one,, it blew immediately.. I have no turn signals, etc.... obvioulsy something shorted out. now for the dragged out affair of finding the problem. ARGH The car starts and runs fine.
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| Marlow |
Oct 19 2006, 03:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Manassas, VA Member No.: 1,027 |
Strat, what year is your car? I had a very similar issue a few weeks ago with my 74. Which fuse are you blowing, #9?
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| 914nerd |
Oct 19 2006, 03:17 PM
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Who you callin' a "Member"? Group: Members Posts: 416 Joined: 18-July 06 From: Los Alamos, NM Member No.: 6,461 |
I had this problem as well a little while back.
The cause of the problem was that there was a short being formed in the wiring back behind the gauges. Tightening things up a little and putting in a little bit of plastic tubing to prevent the wires from grounding out seems to have solved the problem. I would recommend pulling out a multimeter and pulling the gauges out and taking a look at the wiring back there. My $.02 Charles |
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| StratPlayer |
Oct 19 2006, 05:06 PM
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StratPlayer Group: Members Posts: 3,278 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Car is a 76. Yeah I think it is a problem with the wiring in back of the gauges. The PO had so much crap back there, I still haven't figured out all the extra wiring that was put back there. I put the car to bed for the winter today, pulled the battery and got it ready for a winters nap. I'll deal with this problem next spring. Thanks for the help and replys. |
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