[V8] update on short.

Kneale Brownson kneale at knitknacks.com
Sun Jun 23 11:34:48 PDT 2013


Are your headlights relayed?  If not, you probably have some contamination/shorting going on on the combo switch connectors.  Dash power goes thru there and the headlight circuit can get hot enough to melt the connectors and insulation.

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On Jun 23, 2013, at 11:33 AM, chris brown <sacheldog at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello group, i spent a little over a hour today on the car and now it is not blowing the fuse anymore when i turn on the headlights but the dash lights and the console lights just dont come on. 
> i disconnected the hood light and the glove light and the rear license plate lights and still no dash lights but the fuse does not blow anymore. ?????  
> Also noticed that the "self check" system on fuse 30 stopped working, it use to run thru a series of 8 or 10 things when the button is pushed. This is no longer operating. 
> The rear cig lighter is working throughout this issue with out a fuse blowing. 
> im thinking of changing the head lamp switch, but it does not explain why the Self check stopped working which is on a different circuit and not powered by the headlamp switch.    
> I no longer get the "OK"  when activating the ignition either.                           
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