View Single Post
Old 2009-11-09, 10:04 AM   #7
sperry
The Doink
 
sperry's Avatar
 
Real Name: Scott
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 20,335
 
Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
Class: PDX/TT-6
 
The way out is through
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MPREZIV View Post
So your friend was just randomly touching wires together in your dash, then shoved them, taped together, into the dash... and now shit doesn't work? For some reason, I'm not shocked... There is likely a blown fuse that you simply couldn't find, (were you just looking at the tops of them, or did you have an actual test light?) a missing supply wire somewhere that was cut off, (like Scotty said) or randomly touching wires together cooked a component in the system (such as an illumination switch). Purposely causing power/ground shorts in your car in order to test for power and ground is a really shitty idea, as you now know.

I don't have anything else nice to say, so I'm gonna stop here...


Like I said, check the fat fuseable links under the hood. They look like relays, not fuses. When I accidentally put a drill-bit through the wiring harness in my SVX I blew a link.

Also, checking the wiring diagrams to see how all the non-working items are related will probably point you to whatever's blown.
__________________
Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?
sperry is offline   Reply With Quote