Electrics gone to pot!!
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2nd Gear
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From: maidenhead berkshire
Electrics gone to pot!!
Morning all,
I am a new guy so forgive me if i am asking the same old questions that keep turning up.
I just picked up a very pretty ,86 with 55'000 miles on it. It has been sat around for a year of two, but now i have it running
I am having some electric issues though. One headlamp has no voltage going to it, the motor doesnt shut off when you turn the lamps on, and the light on the other side doesnt rotate at all?? I am also getting an intermittent check engine lamp. Comes on for a minute or two sometimes.
Is there somewhere other than the passenger dash where fuses are hidden and where can i find engine codes??
Incidently, these cars are the nuts! No more *** crap for me
I am a new guy so forgive me if i am asking the same old questions that keep turning up.
I just picked up a very pretty ,86 with 55'000 miles on it. It has been sat around for a year of two, but now i have it running
I am having some electric issues though. One headlamp has no voltage going to it, the motor doesnt shut off when you turn the lamps on, and the light on the other side doesnt rotate at all?? I am also getting an intermittent check engine lamp. Comes on for a minute or two sometimes.
Is there somewhere other than the passenger dash where fuses are hidden and where can i find engine codes??
Incidently, these cars are the nuts! No more *** crap for me
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The best thing you can do for yourself if you want to do as much servicing as possible is to buy the GM service manual and the electrical service manual. These manuals describe each system, provide a schematic, a parts locator, and a diagnosis chart for typical problems. Your headlight motor with no voltage going to it is most likely caused by a defective relay which isn't closing or whose contacts are burned out and no longer make connection. Headlamp motors that continue to run are usually due to defective plastic motor shaft bushings and you can remove and take the motor apart to inspect these bushings.
You can read any stored error codes that causes the check engine light to come on by turning your ignition key to run (engine not running) and by using a paper clip to short the top right two pins on the ALDL connector which is on the bottom lip of the dash about where your right knee would be. When you short and continue shorting these two pins, the service engine light will flash 12 three times (flash
flash,flash) and it will flash the stored error codes (count the flashes for the error code number) followed by 12 three times and it will repeat. You can look up the error code in the GM service manual and read how that error code gets set and what to do about it. Welcome to the world of Corvettes !
You can read any stored error codes that causes the check engine light to come on by turning your ignition key to run (engine not running) and by using a paper clip to short the top right two pins on the ALDL connector which is on the bottom lip of the dash about where your right knee would be. When you short and continue shorting these two pins, the service engine light will flash 12 three times (flash
flash,flash) and it will flash the stored error codes (count the flashes for the error code number) followed by 12 three times and it will repeat. You can look up the error code in the GM service manual and read how that error code gets set and what to do about it. Welcome to the world of Corvettes !
Last edited by jfb; Feb 4, 2006 at 04:02 PM.
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2nd Gear
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: maidenhead berkshire
Its pretty cold here in london today, so lights or not i had to go and play!!
How can anyone live an entire life and not have a drive of one of these cars?? There is just far too much fun to be had, and for very little money (so far)
I cant stop grinning
How can anyone live an entire life and not have a drive of one of these cars?? There is just far too much fun to be had, and for very little money (so far)
I cant stop grinning
