Ok i took a volt meter and read the voltage on the battery with the car off the battery read 12.5 and with the car on the voltage read 15.1 with nothing on, it dropped to 14.9 with the headlights on. I believe it should be 14.5. Is 15.1 high enough that the voltage regulator could be bad in the alternator?
When the engine is not running I have the key turned forward one position to run, In this position the fuse will not blow and the fan controls operate as normal. I will check the voltage tomorrow with a meter. Thank you for all of this information it is very informative!
One more thing, under fuse #17 I see the "Electronic Blower speed control" listed what is this? Where is it can I disconnect it to see if it would fix the issue?
I have taken the radio out a few times and have had the instrument panel out a few times to replace the bulbs too, but neither since the issue started. I am a little lost right now I don't know what to do to fix it. As I said fuse 17 blows when the Heat/AC fan turns on it also dims the dash lights. This causes the panel to display green background only with the blower still working normal. I also disconntected the AC out at the compressor this should disable the A/C clutch and therefore it is not that, correct??? With this information i believe the problem is in the wiring or something else running on the fuse. However, I am not sure how to fix this, it seems very complex to me. Someone please point me in a direction to get this fixed ! Thanks
Sorry it is not fixed the fuse for it keeps blowing I am not sure why, It is fuse number 17. The cluster will display perfectly fine until I turn the blower fan on. I disconnected the A/C clutch this did not fix the issue and my cruise control does not work so it is not the speed control. I do not believe I have the electronic speed control (Is this an option???). The temperature and fan controls all continue to function after the fuse blows. Does anyone know why the fuse would continue to blow? I read on coolcats.net that it may be a wiring short behind the radio I am going to check this out tomorrow. Other ideas would be a big help thanks!
Hey does anyone know where I can buy a new lid to the center console my latch is broke which leaves the light on inside and it drains the battery... I need a new latch or a whole new cover or console the interior is blue I would love if it matched and looked original... Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated! Thank you
Yea everything else seems to be fine other than I have three sections that display nothing but are lit green. One guy toild me that I had a cracked panel I do not know how to fix this if this is the cause but when I tap it it does not flicker so I don't believe this is the cause either. I also do not think its a fuse because other things work. Any other ideas?
I have a 1987 Cougar XR-7 I was driving the other day and the electronic intrsument cluster went blank. It is still lit green however there is not gauge information displaying in any of the three sections. Is this a fuse or does anyone know how to remedy this? Someone please help! Thank you!!
I was driving my '87 the other day and my intrument cluster went blank. It is still lit but nothing displays, there are no letters or numbers in any of the three sections. It also does not beep when a button is pressed to scroll through the menu. Does anyone know what may have caused this or how I could fix this? Please help, thanks!
