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Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #105 –
The car runs great. It's just in the dash and passenger side tail light. ...oh, and the center stack except the radio and clock. I'm baffled. It just seems like maybe a wire was .....well...I don't know. I checked what I could see. I'm scratching my head.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #106 –
I'll be getting a subscription to ALL DATA on payday. I'm as lost as you are without a wiring diagram. I hope you find your problem by then. I was sure Tom would have found the fix by now. I know he is trying very hard to. Keep being patient and one of us will find something. I think the priest idea is good!

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Reply #107 –
I'm patient, but somewhat anxious. As I've said, fixing any problem with the Sport doesn't bother me. It's when I can't figure it out that kills me. Like most issues here with our cars, as a group, they get fixed. I'm sure the Sport is no exception. This forum is the best ever. Period.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #108 –
Hook your test light to the negetive battery terminal, and test all the groundin points of the car, specially around the dash. If a wire is shorting out, it may be "leaking" power. Sometimes this will let you know right where its at, sometimes it won't. At least its something easy to try.
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Reply #109 –
i still say test the wires sequential box.. lol
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3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

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Reply #110 –
Are these two statements correct?
1.With the headlights off and the right turn signal on, the right front turn signal blinks and the right turn indicator on the dash does not blink.

2. With the headlights off and the left turn signal on, the left front turn signal blinks and the left turn indicator on the dash blinks.

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Reply #111 –
i know he said the left works perfectly fine in all aspects.. front, rear and the indicator in the cluster all flash as they should
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #112 –
When I get home after work, I'll test the sequential box and try to do the grounds. I need more input on the ground testing though. I still have a feeling it's in the dash somewhere, but no idea what to check.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #113 –
The green arrow turn signal on the cluster is powered by the same circuit that powers the front turn signal.
The other lights that are blinking along with the turn signal are powered through the dimmer control and fuse 13.
The dimmer control and fuse 13 only have power when the headlights are on.
The green turn signal indicator and the other blinking lights share the same ground, G902, see diagram below.
Check ground G902.
If it looks good, set up the condition where all the extra lights are blinking with the turn signal.
Ground your test light somewhere other than the dash and probe a hot wire or a fuse to make sure the ground for the light is good.
Probe G902 with the light. If it blinks G902 is not getting to chassis ground.

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Reply #114 –
O.K., I'm going to re-read that post and diagram about 10 times and try it tomorrow when the sun is high enough.

Maybe I didn't notice before, maybe it just started, but the clock (tripminder) blinks with the signal light when the headlights are OFF.

If G902 is NOT getting a ground, and it's blinking,would I just ground it somewhere else?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #115 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;371695

If G902 is NOT getting a ground, and it's blinking,would I just ground it somewhere else?

G02 is on the dash frame. I don't know if there is supposed to be a ground wire between the dash frame and the chassis or if the mounting screws are supposed to do the job.

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Reply #116 –
iii think the mounting points are supposed to do the grounding.. very easy to have a weak ground that way.. maybe it'd be a good idea to run a ground from the frame to the chassis somewhere.. but that doesn't really explain why the driver side works fine.. still, it's definitely a possibility
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #117 –
I'll check the grounds again that go to the frame of the dash, and I can try the dash frame ground to the chassis. I may pull the stereo out of the dash and look a little more as well. I'm hoping I don't have to pull the dash AGAIN, but, if I knew what the issue was for certain, I'd yank that be-yotch out in a flash.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!!

Reply #118 –
Good luck!

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Reply #119 –
I'm having high hopes and low expectations right about now.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..