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(This post was last modified: 07-12-2013, 09:04 PM by RocketshipChair.)
As mentioned in an earlier topic, earlier in the summer I decided to replace the dash and climate control in my car.
Well the good news is that its all back together. The bad news is that what started as a no start after reassembly, has turned into an electrical nightmare. After spending way to much time tracing wires and reading through the electrical manual I discovered that I forgot to reconnect the recessed wire on the headlight switch. It looks like this.
[Image: IMG_20130712_135527_456.jpg]
So I connected this wire and put my jump box on. Low and behold a bunch of smoke pours out from the left side of he dash. Lovely. The ground wire that goes to the warning chime melted to all forms of a oblivion. Here's what melted.
[Image: IMG_20130708_222836_728.jpg]
Since then I've crawled between the seat and the dash as best as I could but it's clear that I need to take the seat out to get where I need to be. Being that I can't connect the battery without smoke, I tried to jumper the power seat switch to a jump box. However, the wiring diagram in my book doesn't match that of my car. I tried to connect the jump box to the pins that were similar in location but unfortunately ended up with smoke again. Fortunately, it was only to from the switch and doesn't seem to have melted anything.
Here's what the wiring in the book looks like:
[Image: IMG_20130712_131919_786.jpg]
Here's my switch:
[Image: IMG_20130712_135540_922.jpg]
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to take my seat out first and formost. So any idea on how to jumped the switch to get the seat all the way forward to get the back bolts on would be great. Thanks.
Well the good news is that its all back together. The bad news is that what started as a no start after reassembly, has turned into an electrical nightmare. After spending way to much time tracing wires and reading through the electrical manual I discovered that I forgot to reconnect the recessed wire on the headlight switch. It looks like this.
[Image: IMG_20130712_135527_456.jpg]
So I connected this wire and put my jump box on. Low and behold a bunch of smoke pours out from the left side of he dash. Lovely. The ground wire that goes to the warning chime melted to all forms of a oblivion. Here's what melted.
[Image: IMG_20130708_222836_728.jpg]
Since then I've crawled between the seat and the dash as best as I could but it's clear that I need to take the seat out to get where I need to be. Being that I can't connect the battery without smoke, I tried to jumper the power seat switch to a jump box. However, the wiring diagram in my book doesn't match that of my car. I tried to connect the jump box to the pins that were similar in location but unfortunately ended up with smoke again. Fortunately, it was only to from the switch and doesn't seem to have melted anything.
Here's what the wiring in the book looks like:
[Image: IMG_20130712_131919_786.jpg]
Here's my switch:
[Image: IMG_20130712_135540_922.jpg]
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to take my seat out first and formost. So any idea on how to jumped the switch to get the seat all the way forward to get the back bolts on would be great. Thanks.
Andrew
88 Turbo Bird 5 spd no mods
88 Turbo Bird 5 spd no mods