My dad did a fairly hokey stereo install on my 83 Monte and after that I started having the odd electrical gremlin. Stereo would randomly shut off and on, headlights wouldn't turn on unless I put the switch in and pulled it out again. Today I started my car up, it was cold so was idling a bit rough and during the idle the radio kept shutting on and off, once the idle stabilized the radio was working fine until I hit the gas and which point it promptly lost power and now I no longer have headlights, radio, or my key buzzer. I need to take my car to work tomorrow in the dark so I need this fixed ASAP, any help would be appreciated as my dad is none and I really have no one else I can go to in person. All my fuses seem good and ive replaced a few of them including the one under the dash. I know **** all about wiring but everything appears ok.
Headlights, interior lights, key buzzer, stereo not working
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I also just noticed that the two grounds at the back of my firewall are completely caked in some kind of....something, and the drivers side one that appears to be connected to nothing. The passengers side one goes into the dash just above the AC unit, could these be related?
I also just noticed that the two grounds at the back of my firewall are completely caked in some kind of....something, and the drivers side one that appears to be connected to nothing. The passengers side one goes into the dash just above the AC unit, could these be related?
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I cut the wires frpm the radio to the battery, accessory, and ground only the speaker wires are hooked up right now but still no dice.
I cut the wires frpm the radio to the battery, accessory, and ground only the speaker wires are hooked up right now but still no dice.
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Ive noticed something else, if I turn my alarm/keyless entry on and off the interior lights will flash along with the alarm, and if I turn my headlight switch on the alarm will also make the headlights flash, if I put it to high beam the interior lights will not flash but all 4 headlights will.
This is confusing as ****, any ideas?
Ive noticed something else, if I turn my alarm/keyless entry on and off the interior lights will flash along with the alarm, and if I turn my headlight switch on the alarm will also make the headlights flash, if I put it to high beam the interior lights will not flash but all 4 headlights will.
This is confusing as ****, any ideas?
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I was kinda having the same problems, i redid all my grounds and it seemed to work out for me,. it all started when i did my alternator upgrade, u might want to ck your alternator, starter, battery, etc to see if all working ok. here's the link to the threads i opened and got alot of help from the guys here on the forum..
heres the alternator upgrade
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=39873
heres the battery alternator wirning paroblems..lights etc..
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41433
I was kinda having the same problems, i redid all my grounds and it seemed to work out for me,. it all started when i did my alternator upgrade, u might want to ck your alternator, starter, battery, etc to see if all working ok. here's the link to the threads i opened and got alot of help from the guys here on the forum..
heres the alternator upgrade
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=39873
heres the battery alternator wirning paroblems..lights etc..
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41433
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your dad sure got a bad rep on this one and it may not even be his fault...
your dad sure got a bad rep on this one and it may not even be his fault...
Re: Headlights, interior lights, key buzzer, stereo not work
Any idea where these would be usually? I've tried following wires and haven't found much of anything.
As for my dad, in his old age hes not quite as sharp around cars as he used to be and I caught him reefing on some wires and sh*t pretty hard to get more length out of them among other things. He knows his stuff but tends to mickey mouse things instead of doing it the proper way, I wouldn't mind so much if he was willing to get off the couch and give me a hand and tell me how he wired things instead of just shaking his head without taking his eyes off the tv when I come to ask him something.
From doing some research the only thing I can think of it being is the fusible links coming off the starter. I have no interior power at all, no key buzzer, no radio, no interior lights, no cigarette lighter, and no headlights. Everything else electrical works perfect though so I have no idea what to do. Looks like I'll be taking it into my mechanic this weekend as I'm not good at electrical at all and don't have the tools for it to be honest, seeing as I'm a broke *ss 22 year old haha.
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Any idea where these would be usually? I've tried following wires and haven't found much of anything.
As for my dad, in his old age hes not quite as sharp around cars as he used to be and I caught him reefing on some wires and sh*t pretty hard to get more length out of them among other things. He knows his stuff but tends to mickey mouse things instead of doing it the proper way, I wouldn't mind so much if he was willing to get off the couch and give me a hand and tell me how he wired things instead of just shaking his head without taking his eyes off the tv when I come to ask him something.
From doing some research the only thing I can think of it being is the fusible links coming off the starter. I have no interior power at all, no key buzzer, no radio, no interior lights, no cigarette lighter, and no headlights. Everything else electrical works perfect though so I have no idea what to do. Looks like I'll be taking it into my mechanic this weekend as I'm not good at electrical at all and don't have the tools for it to be honest, seeing as I'm a broke *ss 22 year old haha.
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