chucklesas
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Well, I thought I had all the wiring hooked up. There are still a few things that are not plugged in: all front lights (fogs, headlamps, corner markers, turnsignals), windshield wiper, a/c, and ABS components.
Anyway, I hook up the battery and here's what happens:
When I unlock the doors with a key all of them unlock.
When I push the lock down my security light comes on (I thought I had disabled that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif). So far so good.
The door light and dome light come on and the setbelt goes to the door open position.
I can turn the lights on, I get cluster/dash lights, tail lights and flashers... corner markers and headlights are not installed.
Put in the key and I get the key buzzer.
THATs the stuff that seems to work.
Turn ignition to ACC, no change. no clock, no fan.
Turn ignition to ON, no change. no 4 beep warning that the setbelt is coming to strangle me.
Turn ignition to start, no change. (clutch in, clutch out, it doesn't matter)
Seatbelts do not return to door closed position.
So I started checking for voltage and continuity with ignition in OFF.
Get 12.4 at the battery.
Get 12.4 on both ends of most of the engine bay fuses, except for tails, fogs, and high beams. Those are zero.
I get 12.4 volts to SOME of the chassis fuses. Unfortunately I wasn't keeping track of which ones were getting voltage and which were not. I figured it doesn't really matter since some of those I'm assuming would switch on with the ignition key (or should they all always have power?).
I unplug all the wires going to the ignition switch and start looking for +12 there. I think I get it on 4 red wires in the 2 harnesses with the smaller gauge wire. I found one or 2 wires in the larger gauge wire harnesses that how about .14 volts. Weird.
So I hook the harnesses back in and test for power at the cigarette lighter in the OFF, ACC, ON, and start positions. If I remember correctly in OFF I get .14 volts, in ACC I get .14 volts, in ON I get .06 volts, in start I get .14 volts and then when I go back to on it now read .01 volts.
I can't figure out if something is grounded out or what the deal is. With just the door open and an ammeter hooked up in series I get .54 amps.
I'm going to have to print out some schematics and try to tackle this again this weekend, but figure I'd post this to see if anyone else has any ideas what may have gone wrong when swapping in a new front bay harness and engine wiring harness.
Anyway, I hook up the battery and here's what happens:
When I unlock the doors with a key all of them unlock.
When I push the lock down my security light comes on (I thought I had disabled that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif). So far so good.
The door light and dome light come on and the setbelt goes to the door open position.
I can turn the lights on, I get cluster/dash lights, tail lights and flashers... corner markers and headlights are not installed.
Put in the key and I get the key buzzer.
THATs the stuff that seems to work.
Turn ignition to ACC, no change. no clock, no fan.
Turn ignition to ON, no change. no 4 beep warning that the setbelt is coming to strangle me.
Turn ignition to start, no change. (clutch in, clutch out, it doesn't matter)
Seatbelts do not return to door closed position.
So I started checking for voltage and continuity with ignition in OFF.
Get 12.4 at the battery.
Get 12.4 on both ends of most of the engine bay fuses, except for tails, fogs, and high beams. Those are zero.
I get 12.4 volts to SOME of the chassis fuses. Unfortunately I wasn't keeping track of which ones were getting voltage and which were not. I figured it doesn't really matter since some of those I'm assuming would switch on with the ignition key (or should they all always have power?).
I unplug all the wires going to the ignition switch and start looking for +12 there. I think I get it on 4 red wires in the 2 harnesses with the smaller gauge wire. I found one or 2 wires in the larger gauge wire harnesses that how about .14 volts. Weird.
So I hook the harnesses back in and test for power at the cigarette lighter in the OFF, ACC, ON, and start positions. If I remember correctly in OFF I get .14 volts, in ACC I get .14 volts, in ON I get .06 volts, in start I get .14 volts and then when I go back to on it now read .01 volts.
I can't figure out if something is grounded out or what the deal is. With just the door open and an ammeter hooked up in series I get .54 amps.
I'm going to have to print out some schematics and try to tackle this again this weekend, but figure I'd post this to see if anyone else has any ideas what may have gone wrong when swapping in a new front bay harness and engine wiring harness.
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