Issue Resolved - Big Thank You!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Cockeysville Maryland
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Issue Resolved - Big Thank You!
Over the last two days I strung a new wire and loom from engine fuse box area to the b/u switch on passenger side of transmission, made the connections, labeled each end with tag explaining what the wire was (if any service tech is wondering at some point) AND
WE HAVE LIGHTS now when in reverse. I resolved my horn issue a couple of days ago too and with the new battery I needed a while back I think all of my electrical issues have been addressed.
I wanted to take a minute and thank all who posted and helped me through it, especially
lucky131969
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Bill Curlee
ajg1915
warpster
I learned a lot, saved a lot of money and really appreciate what this forum can be all about.
Beer is on me if we ever meet up.
Chuck
WE HAVE LIGHTS now when in reverse. I resolved my horn issue a couple of days ago too and with the new battery I needed a while back I think all of my electrical issues have been addressed.
I wanted to take a minute and thank all who posted and helped me through it, especially
lucky131969
65GGvert
Bill Curlee
ajg1915
warpster
I learned a lot, saved a lot of money and really appreciate what this forum can be all about.
Beer is on me if we ever meet up.
Chuck
Melting Slicks
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From: Jensen Beach FL
You should feel very good about that! Electrical issues are about the most complicated and feared on a car. The good part is now you can help the rest of us with what you have learned. I hope to never need the kind of knowledge you gained over the past week but if so you will be another valuable asset to the forum.
Race Director
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I'm surprised there are not more electrical gremlins in the C5 cars then there already are. Especially in cars now 6-13 years old, or abused, wrecked or somehow modified from oem.
The reason I say that is I was watching the 2010 SS Camaro episode of "Ultimate Factories" last night. I was surprised when they said the line techs get less than one minute to install the factory harness into each car as it travels down the line. They showed three or four guys unraveling, twisting, pulling and stuffing the harness through the sheet metal...
The reason I say that is I was watching the 2010 SS Camaro episode of "Ultimate Factories" last night. I was surprised when they said the line techs get less than one minute to install the factory harness into each car as it travels down the line. They showed three or four guys unraveling, twisting, pulling and stuffing the harness through the sheet metal...
Burning Brakes
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From: Mohegan Lake New York
did you ever find where the break was? did you get as far as I did , isolated to the area where I had power to the harness where it ducked behind engine but no power where it came out. how much were you able to isolate it? I also ran a aux wire and EVAP pur sol came back on line check eng lite went out.I'm happy its fixed but unhappy with the fix Sorry for all the questions but I think there my be a common cause as they both have the same feed thanks
Last edited by K RIPPER; Mar 19, 2010 at 07:47 PM. Reason: left outhad power
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Melting Slicks
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did you ever find where the break was? did you get as far as I did , isolated to the area where I had power to the harness where it ducked behind engine but no power where it came out. how much were you able to isolate it? I also ran a aux wire and EVAP pur sol came back on line check eng lite went out.I'm happy its fixed but unhappy with the fix Sorry for all the questions but I think there my be a common cause as they both have the same feed thanks
Since I am not sure what these bundles of wiring are supposed to look like or where they are actually supposed to be I cannot really say but my stuff looks like a bunck of speghetti wire.
ANyway I ran a new wire in a loom through the tunnel and it works now. I labelled it on both ends and left lots of extra wire on each end.
If I ever have any work done that requires that kind of access I will just have the connection better routed and bundled at that point.
