Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #75 – October 29, 2011, 09:01:53 AM Well, may as well chime in...The turn signal blinking the dash lights--that's happened to me before, twice. First time it was a power feedback from too much voltage running through the car after it got jump started during the winter. Second time it was due to the infamous pinched wire (light blue/red) behind the radio after a new radio was installed.The dash light circuit from 1985-88 is split into two parts coming out of the fuse panel. One (fuse #4) is responsible for most of the dash lights and the clock/heater panel IIRC; the other (fuse #13) takes care of the other part of the dash, PLUS the lighter panel and console light (if one has a console).So what Vinnie describes is almost consistent with power feeding back to that one wire.It kind of all traces back to that...it may simply be a bad fuse.Although I tend to agree with Kitz, and that it sounds like a grounding issue. Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #78 – October 29, 2011, 03:00:50 PM The headlights in these cars are not fused through the fuse panel, they're fed through a fusible link and also have a circuit breaker inside the headlight switch. This feed wire is a large gauge black one with orange stripe. This feed wire does also feed certain fuses in the panel (including fuse 4), but it is not protected by any of these fuses. You could remove every fuse in the panel and your headlights will still work. Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #79 – October 29, 2011, 04:23:10 PM I'm going to get a light right now. Stay tuned. Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #80 – October 29, 2011, 05:09:44 PM O.K....I have a test light. Now, how do I test the fuse? How do I test the wires at the ash tray light under the console control panel (I know I have to pull the panel, but then what?)? Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #83 – October 29, 2011, 06:06:38 PM Not a problem, Tom. I've got Mitchell On Demand and it's not exactly clear either. Newer vehicles have wonderful wiring diagrams, but anything older than 1993 or so is horrible... Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #85 – October 29, 2011, 06:44:01 PM Tom, I'm going to try it right now. I am doing something new, so hang tight. I'll be back in a few minutes. Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #86 – October 29, 2011, 06:49:09 PM O.K., there's a blue wire and a black wire to the socket. The blue wire side flashed with the tester, the black wire side did not. Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #87 – October 29, 2011, 06:49:14 PM someone nees a laptop.. LOL Quote Selected
Need help FAST !!!!! FIXED !!!! Reply #88 – October 29, 2011, 06:50:06 PM By the way.WOO-HOOO !!!!!! I used a test light for the first time !!!!!!!!!!!Now, back on topic....... Quote Selected
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