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turbovanmanČ
02-12-2007, 10:10 PM
Just suddenly went on me, fuse is fine. What should I be looking for when I take it out? is there anything common that goes?
5sp. mini
02-12-2007, 11:28 PM
the only thing i,ve seen was the door jam wires and under the washer tank the wire rott from washer fluid getting in the harness by the booster? try another head lamp switch. alan
turbovanmanČ
02-12-2007, 11:34 PM
The lights work, non of the guages work.
turbovanmanČ
02-14-2007, 05:47 PM
No one, bueller?
turbovanmanČ
02-15-2007, 02:34 AM
Well thanks for all the help guys, :mecry:

Turned out the wiring to the cluster fried???????? Theres a connector underneath the cluster and the wire had melted just after it, so cut that out and everything works again. I also noticed my cruise wiring is melted also, no wonder it stopped working, :(
Whorse
02-15-2007, 02:38 AM
Sucks eh. That's how I'm driving my omni to work right now as well. What caused the wire to melt is the big question.
TurboJerry
02-15-2007, 04:05 AM
Must be a wire rubbed through somewhere close by.......
Tony Hanna
02-15-2007, 07:28 AM
Simon,
What kind of shape were the pins in inside the connector? Sounds like it could be that you had a loose or dirty connection and the resistance caused things to get hot. Wouldn't think anything in the cluster would pull that much power though...
Capt'n Dave
02-15-2007, 07:31 AM
Simon,glad you got it fixed,my car the tach worked and did not,so i just put an aftermarket tach in and now the other tach is working again,my shelby is one of those that the cluster speedo goes on pass the 85 around to 5 again.
turbovanmanČ
02-15-2007, 12:38 PM
Must be a wire rubbed through somewhere close by.......

You would think but nope and no blown fuses, just the blue/white wire is overheated?


Simon,
What kind of shape were the pins in inside the connector? Sounds like it could be that you had a loose or dirty connection and the resistance caused things to get hot. Wouldn't think anything in the cluster would pull that much power though...


Connector pins were fin so I just bypassed the one power wire.

I know my cruise hasn't worked for awhile and I was trying to make it work before my cluster died, now that I think about it. Oh well, one more little electrical bug to fix. I really want my cruise control back.
Tony Hanna
02-15-2007, 04:05 PM
Don't blame ya there. I wish the Sundance had come with cruise.
turbovanmanČ
02-15-2007, 04:19 PM
It wasn't so bad before but now my commute involves 30-40 mins of highway driving so it would be nice to have it again.
TurboJerry
02-15-2007, 08:24 PM
I know the cruise gets power from the same splice. Interesting......
turbovanmanČ
02-15-2007, 08:27 PM
I know the cruise gets power from the same splice. Interesting......

Yes, very interesting :eyebrows:
TurboJerry
02-15-2007, 08:41 PM
In my craziness I would cut the tape off the harness to see how far the wire fried...... This was actually o2 wiring and cruise mods though......
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turbovanmanČ
02-15-2007, 09:42 PM
Did you figure out why it fried?
TurboJerry
02-16-2007, 03:54 AM
Did you figure out why it fried?

The classic o2 wiring on the exhaust manifold in my case. I changed the car over to a '91 SBEC, so it required cruise changes also...... Gots to have it all working, or I feel cheated somehow? I can't see how the feed wire fried in the van though. The board should've went long before the wire, But it was not that the cluster caused it obviously. Maybe the cruise servo/brake light switch??????
turbovanmanČ
02-16-2007, 03:56 AM
The classic o2 wiring on the exhaust manifold in my case. I changed the car over to a '91 SBEC, so it required cruise changes also...... Gots to have it all working, or I feel cheated somehow? I can't see how the feed wire fried in the van though. The board should've went long before the wire, But it was not that the cluster caused it obviously. Maybe the cruise servo/brake light switch??????


I'll have to dig deeper when I get some more time and post up my findings.