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I blew the vanity and map light fuse on my 88, where is the fuse?

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Old 05-17-2015, 01:47 PM
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I was replacing the visor shades and inadvertently touched the power cord connector at the visor when I was unplugging the connector with a screw driver and got a spark. Wire was hot because I had the ignition on, dummy me. Now neither visor mirror lights up or the map lights. Foot well, door, and cargo lights all work. FSM is showing me the CTSY/CLK fuse but that fuse is good. Where is the fuse?
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Gauge fuse. Fixed. My new sun visors for the 88 has LED bulbs. They will not light up. Power is coming to the visor plug and at one of the light terminals on the LED. LED is not replaceable, it is long and fixed in.
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You probably need to reverse the polarity of the two wires to your new visor. LED's are polarity sensitive, and will not work if they're wired backwards.

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Ok. I know about picky LED's but the wire harness will be hooked up backwards, there is a clip on one side. Don't know if the wire harness plug will like that.
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Originally Posted by HAD2HAV2
Ok. I know about picky LED's but the wire harness will be hooked up backwards, there is a clip on one side. Don't know if the wire harness plug will like that.
You may have to cut and re-splice the wire to the visors to get the right polarity. Suggest you jumper the harness to see if the polarity is the issue.

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