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Old 02-03-16, 01:20 PM
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Default Wierd wire found?
This was clipped into green wire behind the gauge light dimming and brightening ***. Could this be my short?
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I don't see the picture..do you know what the other end of the wire goes to?
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The wire connected is white.
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That could definitely be your short!!! Looks like the T-tap was to small and cut through that green wire which left it exposed and it probably comes in connect with me and creates a short to ground!! Remove that T-tap and splice the 2 halves of the original wire together again and I am willing to bet that it will stop blowing that fuse.
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Awesome. I'll find out tomorrow when I finish wiring the oe radio in. But would this also cause my alt to work. I took the alt in to autozone and they tested it as good but it's not sending juice to the battery
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Looks like the green wire was the problem to me.
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Yeah. The the T-tap split the green wire in half. That's been soldered and shrink wrapped back together
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Decided to just finish it tonight. Got everything cleanly wired in. Put a new fuse in and connected the battery...everything came on as it should...for about a literal minute. Fuse blew again.
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Is there an alarm on the car that's aftermarket? Why was that connector there anyway? Maybe there are other connectors there.
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No aftermarket alarm (that I know of) there was an aftermarket radio and sound system but I removed them both and put a stock radio back in.
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That could definitely be your short!!! Looks like the T-tap was to small and cut through that green wire which left it exposed and it probably comes in connect with me and creates a short to ground!! Remove that T-tap and splice the 2 halves of the original wire together again and I am willing to bet that it will stop blowing that fuse.
Tried...and failed. Still no power from alternator or gauge cluster
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Remove the knee panel under the steering column and see if there are any more connectors like that one or exposed wires anywhere under there.
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Originally Posted by isfdude
Remove the knee panel under the steering column and see if there are any more connectors like that one or exposed wires anywhere under there.
I was just reading about a similar problem on a Toyota (no alt power and gauges not working) I believe they came to a conclusion that it was the neutral start switch.

I'Lloyd check under the knee panel tomorrow but I'm bring close to just taking it in to a mechanic...
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