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electrical problems
help! my power steering seems like it has no power. my abs and air bag lights are on in the dash and the gas gauge doesn't work and neither does the cruise. it blows the #15-cruise/abs fuse under the dash as soon as you turn on the ignition. the car has a 5 speed swap in it. i bought it this way-the guy i bought it from said he bought it that way and it was done by ?small car productions? in the northwest area of the USA. the car is a 92 and the body has 199k the trans has a fresh rebuild. it has a replacement motor with about 80k on it. the guy i bought it from said he was putting in a new alt when all the electrical issues showed up. not sure what he did to make all the problems occur, he tried to explain it to me but i couldn't follow what he was talking about. any ideas? Ive studied the electrical diagrams and found that they all seem to use the same fuse fb28,29, or 30 witch corresponds to number 15 under the dash. i have all 6 of the factory manuals for 1992, but they are nothing like what I'm used to working with which would be all-data. also some other useful facts, MAYBE, hopefully, the gas guage seems like it might sort of work sometimes- it will read about 1/8th of a tank at random times, the gas light works, when i turn on the ignition the steering light lights up for the bulb check but doesn't stay on when the car is started. other than all that the car runs great and drives like a dream. thanks in advance Curtis
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Re: electrical problems
probably small car performance in tacoma wa. might call them with a question? Probably screwed something up on the 5 sp swap
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Re: electrical problems
the previous owner told me that all the eletrical problems showed up when he was putting in the alt, not when he bought it. so i guess i could call them but i dont think they would be of much help
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Re: electrical problems
Might be a good idea to have the Alternator tested. They are fairly easy to take out and put back in, and most auto parts stores (like Auto Zone) will test it for free.
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Re: electrical problems
sorry misunderstood about small car performance
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Re: electrical problems
My #15 fuse keep blowing when I turned the ignition on, turned out to be the bad ABS computer under the passenger seat. Your air bag light and gas gauge could be seprated problems.
Good luck
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Re: electrical problems
so should i just unhook everything that is conected to that fuse and then start pluging things back in till it blows?
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Re: electrical problems
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Re: electrical problems
probably blew the regulator in the alt and overcharged the system... I have dealt with one like it... Basically you need to trace the short in the circuit. Unplug every connector/module on the circuit and see if the fuse still blows... If yes, you are going to need to do some trial and error by replacing the fuse and plugging in one connector/module at a time to try and find out where it is comming from... OR try to trace it by finding which + feed has continuity to ground. This is a little more complicated but at least you can save some fuses
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