So, I get pulled over last Sunday by a Stater. She tells me I got no tail lights. I get out and look , sure enough, no tail lights and no fogs, no side markers, but my head lights and my brake lights and turn signals work. Just enough so I cant legally drive it in hte early AM and at night. Any way, checked all the fuses, they are all OK. Ripped my car apart chasing wires, still could't find anything obvious. So I give up and decide to take it to an auto electrician, and I'm putting it all back together, and PRESTO, they all work. SWEET! I put my front and rear end back together, and then I flip my lights on switch and I got nothing.
So now I have no idea what the hell the deal is. Any one have this issue or know auto electrical wanna help me out?

 

i think it has something to do with the fact that 3.0 > 2.x

 

ok any one that has soemthing BENEFICIAL to write

 

:gheyfight:

 

Seriously, if you don't have anything helpful to suggest, please don't post

 

it sounds like a loose wire/ground/connecter.

possibly a loose ground wire in one of the connectors.

 

hmm that definitely sounds like a short somewhere

doesn't point to a burnt fuse though because you said you disassembled it and put it back together and it started working again.

I'd say somewhere in the wiring there's a short/fray. It's probably going to be a bitch but it'd be in your best bet to take a multimeter and test for continuity on the wires for the non working lights (taillights, for example)

One thing that bothers me is that you mentioned sidemarkders and foglights. I'm assuming you mean the 'jdm' sidemarkers that you drill on the side of your fenders, as well as aftermarket foglights? I'm willing to be there's a fault somewhere there in your wiring, and it's also throwing off your taillights. If it were me I'd start out by disconnecting your fogs and sidemarkers and seeing if the car functions fine then...then you know it's your wiring.

 

It's never burnt a fuse yet during this ordeal- I also think its a poor ground, but I've traced the wiring and have found no bad grounds yet- that is a good idea about try without the after market fogs, will do.

 

seriously, someone is asking for help. we all know you just want the posts, but stop

 

from post,

when i first started to read,

it thought someone jacked his shit

 

sorry for trying to lighten up the day, fuck youre all uptight, ive never been on a board thats so easily irritable. fuck.

 

Your fucking stupid!

 

btw- got the probs all figured out , apparently fuse panel was really corroded and just needed the contacts cleaned up. was starting to lose faith in my electrician of a father-in-law.

 

hahahahaha why cant we all just be friends..

 

Naw man, we're all really chill here, we just like to help people with their problems b4 we screw around

 

eat a huge dick.


and choke

 

Glad you got it figured out. Never mind the bickering in this thread, it doesn't usually happen here.

 

We are.. For the most part.

 

damn whos uptight now

 

i have my period alright

 

damn...

 

Alright, keep it civil.

 

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lol. anyway. wait you said that when you put you took your car apart you couldnt find the problem but then when you were STARTING to put the car back it started to work..and then when the car was completely back together it stopped working again?

hmmmmm.. it sounds to me like maybe one of your pieces of the car that you put back together is maybe touching a loose wire? or maybe theres a loose wire in general.

did you check all the wires to make sure theyre good? you should really get one of those light probe things. you know, those things where you touch a wire with it and if its getting power, it lights up? those are real helpful in these situations..

 

thats what we were checking each wire with, the screwdriver that lights up (when grounded and power thru it) All the lights work great now.
Anyway, now I get over there and the car won't start. It has to be something simple, probly not getting spark somewhere I'm guessing if its fuel related maybe the fuel pump isnt getting power? I know it's hard to say form a not seeing it yourself vantage, but any ideas?

 

battery, starter?

Though, I bet it's somethign to do with the fusebox. Maybe you didn't seat a fuse, or when you brushed the contacts ( I assume you used a wire brush, right? ), some dirt got lodged in the fuse socket....

 

You say the car wont start..will it not turn over or just keeps turning over and never starts?

 

just keeps turning over and wont start. its turning strong-

 

But your lights are working fine now? hmm