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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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because i lowered my car too much ...it ate through my harness...i tape back the wires together and tucked it higher....now my horn, tail lights, side marker, and radio lights are not working....i check all my fuses , they are good, the horn fuse keeps on bowing i do not know y...all the other fuses are fine......what else can it be/
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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bad connections. go back, and solder the connections. tape isnt good for anything except putting paper back together, or covering up a soldered area.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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you must not have reconnected the wires correctly. maybe when you tucked it some wires came loose. take it back down and start from scratch. get some replacement wire(correct size) shrink connectors and a **** load of Patience. same thing happened to me. took me a whole weekend to repair but i was **** as hell. but to answer your question, i would bet thats the problem, cause thats what usually happens when the harness is first damaged. just take your time and good luck!
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by turbodremz
bad connections. go back, and solder the connections. tape isnt good for anything except putting paper back together, or covering up a soldered area.
tape is not even good for covering soldering lol

heatshrink everything, do it right the first time will save you alot of headache
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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Yup, you MUST take your time with the wires.

It happened to me, most of my fuses were blown and each wire melted together. Luckily i had my girlfriend with me i was pissed off she would calm me down and touch up whatever i messed up.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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same happened to me............ three times LOL i was gonna move the harness to be under the hood instead but i just lifted it up a bit in the front
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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That happened to me when I first lowered my car. It was a nightmare to say the least.

You'll need to go back and re-solder each individual wire. Just taping them together will not be enough. It is very important to do this carefully and correctly or you'll run into very serious electrical issues.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Yup happened to me at a drifting event. No electrical power but push started the car engine was fine,no electrical no ps, but I got the car home to re solder wires and lift above fender on the inside now works great. Do take your time.since your there re route thru engine bay
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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i'll be working most of the week an when im off its going to rain ...maybe ill take a day off next week and take everything apart and solder all the wires back together...wish me luckk.....__.anytime i drive in the night i have to dodge theese ***** cops....
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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If you need this is from a 95. Not sure what year you have. I can do $150 shipped if interested. This is a complete fuse box harness. No broken /cut connectors




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