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Help! - 8/12/2007 9:26:43 PM    xLoveMeXoTenderX Posts: 218 Score: 0 Joined: 4/21/2007 Status: offline Okay, so here's the deal. I've got no interior lights, and no tail lights. I've got brake lights, head lights, everything else, but no damn tail lights. I thought it was a fuse, though when I replaced it, it just blew right off the bat. So.. I figure I have a short somewhere. Any other ideas? And if I do, how the hell do I find it (without taking it to a shop)? _____________________________ ... when you see somebody walking down the street wearing a Superman t-shirt, you just want to shoot them in the chest ... when they start to bleed go, "I guess not" ... --dane cook Post #: 1

RE: Help! - 8/12/2007 10:51:46 PM    Dusty Eclipse Posts: 4371 Score: 5 Joined: 2/23/2007 From: 11746,21114,34669,34668 Status: offline Wow.. I gotta say, you must have done something that pissed off the 2G god... Do you at least have gauge lights? _____________________________ Current cars: (What I havent wrecked) 1995 Eagle Talon TSi "Jackie" (SOLD) :( 2001 Mitsu. Eclipse GT "Dusty" 2000 Volvo V70R AWD "Mindy" (in reply to xLoveMeXoTenderX) Post #: 2

RE: Help! - 8/12/2007 11:56:06 PM    xLoveMeXoTenderX Posts: 218 Score: 0 Joined: 4/21/2007 Status: offline I dont have any effin lights. I've been pulled over twice already JUST driving home from work.. all in the same night and ten minutes apart. I'm not a happy camper. _____________________________ ... when you see somebody walking down the street wearing a Superman t-shirt, you just want to shoot them in the chest ... when they start to bleed go, "I guess not" ... --dane cook (in reply to Dusty Eclipse) Post #: 3

RE: Help! - 8/13/2007 12:00:09 AM    Dusty Eclipse Posts: 4371 Score: 5 Joined: 2/23/2007 From: 11746,21114,34669,34668 Status: offline Is this the same car that was wrecked just recently? _____________________________ Current cars: (What I havent wrecked) 1995 Eagle Talon TSi "Jackie" (SOLD) :( 2001 Mitsu. Eclipse GT "Dusty" 2000 Volvo V70R AWD "Mindy" (in reply to xLoveMeXoTenderX) Post #: 4

RE: Help! - 8/13/2007 12:03:39 AM    xLoveMeXoTenderX Posts: 218 Score: 0 Joined: 4/21/2007 Status: offline Yea. _____________________________ ... when you see somebody walking down the street wearing a Superman t-shirt, you just want to shoot them in the chest ... when they start to bleed go, "I guess not" ... --dane cook (in reply to Dusty Eclipse) Post #: 5

RE: Help! - 8/13/2007 1:58:46 AM    silvercoupe97 Posts: 3262 Score: 0 Joined: 11/10/2006 Status: offline There's not really any way to find the short, short of following the wire harness in the back and the front since that's where the damage was on your car.  You know where the problem stems from.  It's just a matter of finding that shorted wire.  The most obvious places are where the car was creased. Here's what I would suggest.  Take a multimeter and start Ohming out all the taillights (turn and parking most likely).  I don't know if you know electronics or not, so I'll go ahead and tell you to make sure the car is not electrically on.  No, I don't think you're stupid, but, better safe than sorry. Once you find the side that is shorted to ground (body of the car), follow that wire and look for sheared off insulation or spliced in wiring. Who did the body work for you and the electrical work?  I would actually take it to them and have them check it since they were the ones that redid all of that.  I say, let them chase wires because it's not fun, lol. _____________________________ Thanks, John 6 bolt/2g head,1G rods/2G pistons,FPBig28,MBC,Forge 1G DV,alky inj,AFPR,255lph,780cc, 3" turboback,Centerforce,4 spider,FMIC, Prosport Boost&EGT gauges,AEM wideband,DSMlink, AGX/Skunk2 (in reply to xLoveMeXoTenderX) Post #: 6

RE: Help! - 8/13/2007 2:54:22 AM    Sebba Posts: 14603 Score: 0 Joined: 2/20/2006 From: San Antonio, TX Status: online ^^^ I would have said that if it wasnt so f-ed up. Stick a damn nail in the place of the fuse... that will work : ) _____________________________ These cranks are made for walkin'''', and thats just what they''''ll do, one of these days these cranks are gonna walk all over you (in reply to silvercoupe97) Post #: 7

RE: Help! - 8/13/2007 6:34:39 AM    xLoveMeXoTenderX Posts: 218 Score: 0 Joined: 4/21/2007 Status: offline Jump of a bridge, Seb. And the car isn't fixed, it's still a lovely little POS. Hence the reason I really don't want to dump any more money into it. =[ Thank you. =] _____________________________ ... when you see somebody walking down the street wearing a Superman t-shirt, you just want to shoot them in the chest ... when they start to bleed go, "I guess not" ... --dane cook (in reply to Sebba) Post #: 8

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