Periodic Short

[lrickert at covad.net]

thanks Frank, this was exactly what went wrong. The wire bundle is secured with 
a cable tie to the hinge arm on the trunk lid. Over the years as the wire as 
been forced to flex  causing the now brittle insulation to come off on either 
side of the tie. I had three wires with missing insulation and one that was 
outright broken. I would suggest that other people with 4kqs unwrap that old 
tape and check/repair the wires that go into the trunk lid, I am sure mine is 
not the only car with this problem. 

thanks again

Luke


7/23/04 5:21:50, "fdekat" <fdekat at sentex.net> wrote:

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>If there is anything on that fuse that goes to the rear of the car, check the
>wiring that goes along the left trunk arm, taking power to things in the
>trunk lid. It's almost a 'known problem' that the wiring there can get
>damaged from the lid opening and closing.
>
>In my case, it was a fuse blowing evrery time I engaged reverse, as the
>backup lights were shorted to ground. The mangled wiring there also caused
>some of the parking lights to be dimmer than others.
>
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>=Frank de Kat=
>