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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:31 AM
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"Hey, I can do this!" My interior lights time delay went bad and others have said that it could be jumped so that the lights would only come on when the doors are open. (insert last words here). I blew at least three fuses. In all, not a huge deal, I'm sure some of you have much worse stories...so share
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I've tried to jump those 2 white wires also. Nothing. There is power to the sockets. Put a bulb in and they light up, but they stay on. Guess I may have to go without interior lights for a while.
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for me it's "While I'm at it..."
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Originally Posted by sabre1981
"Hey, I can do this!" My interior lights time delay went bad and others have said that it could be jumped so that the lights would only come on when the doors are open. (insert last words here). I blew at least three fuses. In all, not a huge deal, I'm sure some of you have much worse stories...so share
Why not change the delay relay? they can be had for ~$50....
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Old May 4, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sabre1981
"Hey, I can do this!" My interior lights time delay went bad and others have said that it could be jumped so that the lights would only come on when the doors are open. (insert last words here). I blew at least three fuses. In all, not a huge deal, I'm sure some of you have much worse stories...so share
Arggggg you drive you Vette at night oh not me got tired of doin the bugs off everything I dont drive my car far form home though.
Coming home form the Lancaster Ohio Car show last Year(during the DAY), and A deer tried to jump in the Driver window My girl said at the last second possible the deer did a 45 degree turn knocked my mirror right into my lap ,looked up the deer was gone $12.oo mirror post and some small touch up paint . no Deer problem .I swept deer hair out of the car for months after that.Not sure what would have happened if it had jumped right into the car!
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Old May 4, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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"This will just take a minute....."
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Old May 4, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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Famous last words...

"That's a ____ of a lot of Indians, Tonto! It looks like we won't make it out of this one, old friend!"

"What do you mean 'We', Paleface?"
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Originally Posted by mikejpss
Why not change the delay relay? they can be had for ~$50....
Originally Posted by Lon Wayne
Arggggg you drive you Vette at night oh not me got tired of doin the bugs off everything I dont drive my car far form home though.
Coming home form the Lancaster Ohio Car show last Year(during the DAY), and A deer tried to jump in the Driver window My girl said at the last second possible the deer did a 45 degree turn knocked my mirror right into my lap ,looked up the deer was gone $12.oo mirror post and some small touch up paint . no Deer problem .I swept deer hair out of the car for months after that.Not sure what would have happened if it had jumped right into the car!

Mikejpss, I got a used one from my mechanic for 50 bucks, but all the new ones I found were 90-100 bucks.
Lon Wayne, my car is my DD for the summer.
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How about "yay, I'm finally done"
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give me a little bit and i will tell you how i did it, i forgot so have to see for my self
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remove module from harness , cut both white wires from harness and splice them together. if your blowing fuses then you got a dead short and or bad door switches
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"while I'm in there..."
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"It's not leaking because there is no oil in it..."
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Originally Posted by rajsid
"It's not leaking because there is no oil in it..."
That's the Old British motorcycle moto

Mine is....
"....now I can drive the damned thing".
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