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Electrical Nightmares 200 1988

posted by  Ace240 on  Tue Jun 28 15:37 CST 2005
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I was driving down the road and I heard POP POP and my dash lights and radio went out. I pulled over and go to put new fuses in and I soome as I put in the one for the door locks, dome light, etc it blows out. The other fuse all the way at the bottom blows when I started the car.
I was almost home and decided to what to the next day to fix it. I check all the wires under the dash and all are good. The fuse for the door locks and stuff works just fine but the other one dosent. I also notic the my volt meter cant make up its mind. Most of the time it maxes all the way out but if you tap it may work right.
And one final thing with the paking lights on, I press the break and the break light goes out and I put in a new bulb and same thing. It comes on fine when the parking lights are off.
Please help me end this nightmare for good.

Thanks,
Ace
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88 "Smuf Blue" 244DL auto w/ 105K miles soon to be Ti








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    Electrical Nightmares 200 1988

    posted by  Trev29 on  Wed Jun 29 00:06 CST 2005
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    "I press the break and the break light goes out and I put in a new bulb and same thing."
    Light bulbs shouldn't be burning out on first usage. Could your system be overcharging?

    Take a voltmeter and measure the voltage at the battery with the car running. Be carefull, as if the battery is being overcharged, I think there's potential for explosion.
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      Electrical Nightmares 200 1988

      posted by  Ace240 on  Wed Jun 29 10:20 CST 2005
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      I get 13.8 volts. They are not burning out I think cause the filiment is not broken or distorted. The one on the passanger side seems to be working now, the one on the drivers side is now working backwards. I press the break and it gose dimmer now. O well.

      Thanks for the imput,
      Ace
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      88 "Smuf Blue" 244DL w/ 105K miles







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