Damn small trunks and electrical shorts... FML
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Damn small trunks and electrical shorts... FML
SO..... Friday night I'm riding down the interstate to the local kiddie hardpark fest that we crash every Friday night. Next thing I know I have no dash light and no tail lights (so a buddy tells me). Check tail light fuse... blown... replace tail light fuse... blows...
Next day I put yet another fuse in. Doens't blow... hmm odd. Take is as it is and try to drive out saturday night. Get half way out the neighborhood and eveyrthing goes out. All I have is engine and headlights. I say **** it and drive my truck the rest of the night.
Sunday, I do some digging. Find that that the drivers tail light harness is completely FUBAR! Something rubbed through the wires and caused a a serious short of the main power and main ground to the tail lights. So, I repair that, put a new fuse in and golden.... Nope...
Now nothing works right. I go through and pull the fuse block out and... WOW... harness is pretty much fried.
So, now I'm going through the process and pulling the dash out and trying to repair problems.
NOTE: I always used the correctly labeled fuses. so when the one didn't blow I dont know what the hell heppened... so pretty much F...M...L...
Next day I put yet another fuse in. Doens't blow... hmm odd. Take is as it is and try to drive out saturday night. Get half way out the neighborhood and eveyrthing goes out. All I have is engine and headlights. I say **** it and drive my truck the rest of the night.
Sunday, I do some digging. Find that that the drivers tail light harness is completely FUBAR! Something rubbed through the wires and caused a a serious short of the main power and main ground to the tail lights. So, I repair that, put a new fuse in and golden.... Nope...
Now nothing works right. I go through and pull the fuse block out and... WOW... harness is pretty much fried.
So, now I'm going through the process and pulling the dash out and trying to repair problems.
NOTE: I always used the correctly labeled fuses. so when the one didn't blow I dont know what the hell heppened... so pretty much F...M...L...
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I don't agree with this. My buddy taught me that if a fuse keeps blowing, you can just put a penny in the fuse holder and you'll be ok. I think a more permanent fix is just to solder a wire between the two terminals but the penny is just easier.
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I'm sorry but most of the time fuses are bullshit. Think about the devices that are being powered. They themselves have their own safety systems and I mean if they get too much current then they will just take themselves out. You can then just replace the part and then you know what is wrong and won't have to **** around with your wires and fuses. It's a lot simpler and this is how all the formula one teams wire these days. Except they use the teflon coated wire because it won't overheat-- so that way the device is isolated.
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yeah, I kept using the 15 fuses. But I am think that the last 15 amp fuse I used wasn't really a 15 amp. thats the only explaination i can think of. it only got 3-4 more wires. I got the dash out last night and its not that bad, just time comsuming to make sure i really get all the wires affected.
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yeah, I kept using the 15 fuses. But I am think that the last 15 amp fuse I used wasn't really a 15 amp. thats the only explaination i can think of. it only got 3-4 more wires. I got the dash out last night and its not that bad, just time comsuming to make sure i really get all the wires affected.
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