pinoyesv6
01-03-2003, 08:47 PM
The Story
Well yesterday i was doin ome wiring to hecar. hooking upsome snke eyes, hard wring my interior neons and put som switches in the center arm rest. So i hooked things up like this. the snake eyes i hooked up regularly. grounded and taped for power at the dashlocated fuse box and ran wire to the switch in the armrest. The 2 neons i did the same, along with some LED's. I knew it was too much current for the power wire but wanted to test to see how it looked. So i did.
The Problems
I turned on the car and everything lit up just the way it was supposed to then the car died. I started to smell burning rubber. The wie overheated and burned up. Car acted like i had no key. I could do everything i could do without a key. Even though i had a key. Car wouldn't start nor the indicatorlights and the radio.
The solution
Check all the fuses, all good. Took apart the dash to make sure i didn't burn up any other wire. All good. Tried to reset the ECU, still no solution. Talked to a few people and they said to check the fused links. Its a rectangular boxed shaped capsule. Clear cover. looks like wire going thru it with a blob of solder in the middle. I blew #19. the one for the key switch. Desperate to get my car running, ran str8 to the dealer and got one for 15 dollars. Im pretty sure the auto parts store migh have it but didn't want to run all over town looking for one while i was for sure the dealer had it.
2morrow i'll be wiring everything back up but this time corectly. Just wanted to share in case u run into the same thing
Well yesterday i was doin ome wiring to hecar. hooking upsome snke eyes, hard wring my interior neons and put som switches in the center arm rest. So i hooked things up like this. the snake eyes i hooked up regularly. grounded and taped for power at the dashlocated fuse box and ran wire to the switch in the armrest. The 2 neons i did the same, along with some LED's. I knew it was too much current for the power wire but wanted to test to see how it looked. So i did.
The Problems
I turned on the car and everything lit up just the way it was supposed to then the car died. I started to smell burning rubber. The wie overheated and burned up. Car acted like i had no key. I could do everything i could do without a key. Even though i had a key. Car wouldn't start nor the indicatorlights and the radio.
The solution
Check all the fuses, all good. Took apart the dash to make sure i didn't burn up any other wire. All good. Tried to reset the ECU, still no solution. Talked to a few people and they said to check the fused links. Its a rectangular boxed shaped capsule. Clear cover. looks like wire going thru it with a blob of solder in the middle. I blew #19. the one for the key switch. Desperate to get my car running, ran str8 to the dealer and got one for 15 dollars. Im pretty sure the auto parts store migh have it but didn't want to run all over town looking for one while i was for sure the dealer had it.
2morrow i'll be wiring everything back up but this time corectly. Just wanted to share in case u run into the same thing