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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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im tearing my hair out!!! i put a fuse in, drive around and 5 minutes it blows. i dont see any break in the wires in left, right, or center brake light. it must be a power wire touching ground right? FUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKK
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 03:17 AM
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some wire is pinched for sure. its grounding itself
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 05:15 AM
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its your horn silly!! same happen to my cousin. he kept blowin them out while parking the car. when he tap his front bumper the fuse would blow. chek the horn connections
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 09:13 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by djsire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its your horn silly!! same happen to my cousin. he kept blowin them out while parking the car. when he tap his front bumper the fuse would blow. chek the horn connections</TD></TR></TABLE>

where's the horn in a EG, behind the bumber?
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 12:11 PM
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yess its on the passanger side, you should be able to see it form the front. its the circle thing. look and feel around in tthe slots or go under the car
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by djsire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yess its on the passanger side, you should be able to see it form the front. its the circle thing. look and feel around in tthe slots or go under the car </TD></TR></TABLE>

tHANKS!

anymore suggestions anyone? it seems like before it took a few days to blow, then a day, then now it blows like in 5 minutes. if that helps, please post advice!
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 05:18 AM
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so did you fix it?
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 05:18 AM
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maybe you should stop using zipties lmoa j/p
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 05:34 AM
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IMHO, I would just get a bull horn and yell at people... screw the honda ::freet freet:: horn
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by djsire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so did you fix it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i cant find the horn!
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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aight so i fixed it. iin my rear tail light harness i took it out cuz i was mad and look at evey tiny thing. then i ripped off all the tape and realize on one of the wires was folded in half. so i put on some dialectic grease and straighten it out and so far its been 2 days wioth no blown fuse! whoo hoo
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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good ****. i hope you didint use zipties.lol
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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 01:46 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by djsire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good ****. i hope you didint use zipties.lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

no but i did ziptie and rubber band my alarm siren to my intake
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