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Old 05-27-2008, 04:42 PM
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alright on my 97 civic ex coupe a few days ago my horn stoped working so i checked fuse it was blowen so i replaced with 15a just like what came out hit horn it work whent to hot again didnt work so i checked fuse again and it was poped again so i replaced with 20a fuse poped again so i just left it aione next day was told none of my tail lights worked so looked at bulbs they were all burnt so i replaced still nothing looked at fuse panel and hood and tail lights run off the same fuse so i put in a 30a fuse to be safe lights and horn worked by the time i got home brake light out but horn still works so i took it to my shop and checked brakelight switch and it was stuck so i replaced noting happened but the rear tail light glow lightly and smell burning and see smoke so i took battery cables off and fuse out to stop burning now im driving around with no tail lights and no horn please help any info would be great thanks.
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holy run-on-sentence, batman

Edit that.
Put some periods in there, some capital letters, spacing...
Im not going to try and read it to help you otherwise.

I skimmed and saw that you keep upping the amperage of the fuse.... DO NOT DO THAT!
Great way to start a fire.......
You have a short. Find it. Fix it. ONLY use the same size fuse that was in there before.
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i put the same fuse back in and it keeps poping i found burnt wires going to brakes light switch how could that of happend and is that hard to do because it looks like it gos in the main harness
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Again, use some punctuation, capital letters...

You may have burned the wiring using the larger fuses. Do you understand how a fuse works? If so, you should be able to understand how the wiring was burned......

You need to find out where the wires are shorting out - it will be a big pain. From the sound of it, I suggest you stop anything, before you damage more stuff, and take it to a shop that specializes in electrical.
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