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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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i was leaving work today..and i had arrived at my buddies house...i sat in my car(off) for ten minutes and when he arrived i had to move my car...i went to start it and nothing...no fuel pump purge nothing...now i just fixed this problem...main relay and ecu fues...car was working all day yesterday..all a sudden i saw smoke come from under neith the dash..i quickly jumped out and looked under..the harness that plugs into the main relay was on fire..the wire for terminal 5 or 7 in the relay was totally gone...what could of caused this..was it old wires..and i jut have bad luck..or was there to much power through the harness..(95 hatch,b16a..walbro pump)
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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did you replace the two fuses with ones that had two high of amp's
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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cause if they blew in the first place then something was wrong, bad ground, wires old and exposed, and you just poped some new fuses in there that were to high, you deff could have fryd that ****
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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Look for any + wires just hanging. I almost set my car on fire too by grounding a 12v source. It looked like people have been smoking in there for hours. Full of white smoke. I managed to pull the glowing red wire with my bare hands and burn myself. But at least I didn't get the car on fire
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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its cursed... a lot of honda's are
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 02:17 PM
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yeah thats what i did...burned my hand instead of my car...no i replaced the ecu fuse with a 15amp likes it was....i just think it was old wires maybe shorted...i;ll fix it..i need to trace back the damaged wire and replace it..do you think i should just get a new wire harness...or should i just cut and splice?
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 03:50 PM
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at least ur alive and the car didnt blow up like the movies
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 04:12 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lttran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> at least ur alive and the car didnt blow up like the movies </TD></TR></TABLE>

^^ Only if you have NAWZZZ
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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bump..for brand new cabin wire harness.need one
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 05:29 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Iceman05 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

^^ Only if you have NAWZZZ</TD></TR></TABLE>

FOR THE LAST TIME NOS DOES NOT BLOW UP(with out gas mixture)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please dont believe everything in fast and the fakious (theres my 2 cent)

check your wires because i believe my friend short circuit his speakers because one of the wires didnt have resistance and we checked it out and the wire had a bare spot with lil dark spots which i believe maybe gave a spark and thank GOD and didnt catch anything on fire
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by matthevelli &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bump..for brand new cabin wire harness.need one</TD></TR></TABLE>


need one
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 03:13 PM
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hit up the local salvage yard. i can tell you one thing.... going to honda for a wiring harness is going to cost an arm and a leg.

or if you feel up to the challenge, just rewire it with a wiring diagram, and be sure to check for the correct resistance, etc etc.

good luck.
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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aight i looked over my cars..and i just decided to go and spend the money on the new wire harness....theres alot of fire damage...so im going to go this way instead of cut/splicing...i went to majestichonda.com and they have a wire harness for over 600bucks...i need to know if the cabin harness is what i def. need...i called and they said too look on the site..but those pictures arnt the best...the harness that goes into the main relay is BBQ.. and so is the plug that goes into the relay...now if i ordered the cabin relay am i going to get what i need?..

http://www.hondaautomotivepart...RNESS
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Old Nov 8, 2005 | 07:49 AM
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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so i replaced the whole cabin wire harness...and yet again..my main relay starts to smoke again...im stumped..whats the problem..could it be my fuel pump..its a walbro..
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 90jdmcrxdude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so i replaced the whole cabin wire harness...and yet again..my main relay starts to smoke again...im stumped..whats the problem..could it be my fuel pump..its a walbro..</TD></TR></TABLE> --sorry this is my post...so can anyone help me out
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by masteraj88 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

FOR THE LAST TIME NOS DOES NOT BLOW UP(with out gas mixture)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please dont believe everything in fast and the fakious (theres my 2 cent)

check your wires because i believe my friend short circuit his speakers because one of the wires didnt have resistance and we checked it out and the wire had a bare spot with lil dark spots which i believe maybe gave a spark and thank GOD and didnt catch anything on fire</TD></TR></TABLE>


Genius, I'll back you up fully on that if some of these people knew anything about chemistry then the world would be a lot better place. Just so everyone knows it's pretty much impossible to blow up a car without a bomb or some well placed accelerants( i.e gasoline outside the tank)
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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check and see if the main relay is actually causing the problem. switch it with another one. it always turns out to be something so stupid and simple
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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i have three main relays...they all do the same things..the one wire gets to hot
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Old Feb 8, 2006 | 05:38 PM
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the pump does not prime and the wire starts to heat up..key on engine off..i just replaced the whole cabin wire harness it was a bitch...it didnt fix the problem..im guess its cause theres to much voltage going through that wire
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