Is it by chance a wire inside the "change box" area under the dash, to the
left of the steering column? There's one wire I had for the fan relay. It
had an inline fuse that never blew. INstead, it would just get super hot and
melt the plastic fuse holder. Replaced it, it melted through again, but
never blew the fuse. I instead just gave up and just soldered the wires
together sans fuse holder. The result was a working(er, mostly) fan system
again. Ever since I replaced the thermostat(Im on a '79) it never turned on
automatically, so I just installed a manual on/off switch for the fan.
> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:44:55 EST
> From: Tburke4@aol.com
> Subject: Electrical Mystery
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have to admit that it doesn't take much to mystify me electrically. I
have
> been trying to make the heater and radio operational and this led, as it
> sometimes does, to a wiring fire under the dash. The 15amp fuse in the
connection
> wire didn't blow for some reason. I went through the loom of wire and
cleaned
> out the remains of a pink/white wire to which I had connected the radio
hot
> wire. This involved a full day of fussing under the dash, unplugging
connectors
> and moving stuff. I cleared burned wire clear back to a multi-plug
connector
> near the steering wheel.
>
> Now I have no turn signals, no wipers, no fuel gauge, no temp gauge,
nothing
> on that top fuse circuit, but the fuse is not blowing (It did at first,
but
> now it stays intact. I have no idea why.) The car starts and runs fine
> otherwise..
>
> I don't know what to do to figure this out. Any help anyone can offer
would
> be most appreciated.
>
> So it goes,
>
> Tom Burke
>
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