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JerrySab
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- Joined
- Jul 11, 2020
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- Age
- 44
- City
- Los Angeles
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Engine
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey everybody! Back again with more wiring questions, as I keep discovering more cut third party wires.
So I was super proud of myself. Fuse 8 kept blowing. I followed forum advice, I remounted the lamp with shorter screws, voila! No more blown fuse, fun new functioning interior lamps.
Yesterday. I open the door, no chime. No lights. Blown fuse. I'm heartbroken. Inspect dome lamp, find nothing out of the ordinary. Remove headliner to inspect wire. No issue. Trace that bundle of wire down the A pillar, and notice it's sitting kind of awkardly on the E brake. Refasten to its clip, and start moving the brake, and discover 3 wires all mashed up in the E brake mechanism. With dome lamp disconnected, I chose a sacrificial fuse, plugged it in, and applied pressure to e brake. Sure enough, as soon as it started to move, fuse pops. I think i have found the culprit, but I have no idea what to do with it.
MY QUESTION(s) TO YOU, HIVE MIND:
- I have gray, black, white with yellow wires. 2 of which are connected to what looks like non-factory ground screw. Could be wrong on the non-factory bit. What are they doing?
- The gray wire coming out of what looks like white wire bundle nested (deeply, problematically) in the frame. What does it do? Any thoughts on the white bundle?
Should these be pulled as after market slop? Or are any of these recognizable as factory wiring components?
I'm struggling to find any reference to these in wiring diagrams. Also struggling to comprehend how these are shorting fuse 8. I think the dome lamp has a stupid design, and relies on some charge running through its mounting plate. Which makes it easily shorted? That's speculation, but hopefully all of your collective wisdom can shed light on this.
Pics attached.
Thanks!
So I was super proud of myself. Fuse 8 kept blowing. I followed forum advice, I remounted the lamp with shorter screws, voila! No more blown fuse, fun new functioning interior lamps.
Yesterday. I open the door, no chime. No lights. Blown fuse. I'm heartbroken. Inspect dome lamp, find nothing out of the ordinary. Remove headliner to inspect wire. No issue. Trace that bundle of wire down the A pillar, and notice it's sitting kind of awkardly on the E brake. Refasten to its clip, and start moving the brake, and discover 3 wires all mashed up in the E brake mechanism. With dome lamp disconnected, I chose a sacrificial fuse, plugged it in, and applied pressure to e brake. Sure enough, as soon as it started to move, fuse pops. I think i have found the culprit, but I have no idea what to do with it.
MY QUESTION(s) TO YOU, HIVE MIND:
- I have gray, black, white with yellow wires. 2 of which are connected to what looks like non-factory ground screw. Could be wrong on the non-factory bit. What are they doing?
- The gray wire coming out of what looks like white wire bundle nested (deeply, problematically) in the frame. What does it do? Any thoughts on the white bundle?
Should these be pulled as after market slop? Or are any of these recognizable as factory wiring components?
I'm struggling to find any reference to these in wiring diagrams. Also struggling to comprehend how these are shorting fuse 8. I think the dome lamp has a stupid design, and relies on some charge running through its mounting plate. Which makes it easily shorted? That's speculation, but hopefully all of your collective wisdom can shed light on this.
Pics attached.
Thanks!
