Any body else have any electrical gremlins?
08-12-2004, 05:42 PM
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Any body else have any electrical gremlins?
I've got a couple. I removed the dash to repair all the wiring. Everything was fixed, then I installed the dash. 20 minutes later the dash lights quit working. That's with a brand new headlight switch.
My other is I cleaned the ground on the fuel sending unit and the backup lights came on. Now they won't turn off.
My other is I cleaned the ground on the fuel sending unit and the backup lights came on. Now they won't turn off.
08-13-2004, 02:37 AM
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Might be a shorter list if you ask who doesn't have electrical gremlins.
I think mine are in the alarm system, gonna rip it out one of these days.
I think mine are in the alarm system, gonna rip it out one of these days.
08-13-2004, 09:29 AM
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No electrical gremlins for me because I have spent many hours exterminating them. Of course, all I do all day at work is track down those little suckers so I've gotten good at it over the years 
08-13-2004, 10:06 AM
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Yeh, mee too Boofers.....course I hit mine in the head good a proper by rewiring the car to MY specs, eliminating about 1/2 the harness, meanwhile adding DPFI, which re arranged all the removed wires....;-)))
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08-13-2004, 10:25 AM
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The worst one I ever had was my brake lights blowing the fuse. The parking lights worked fine. I would replace the fuse and then the brake lights would work fine. Then I would drive it around and notice that the fuse was blown again. I finally figured out that the rear wiring harness had fallen on the muffler and melted the insulation. If I hit a bump and the brakes it would short... Ended up having to replace the rear wiring harness...
Tim M.
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