Hi guys!
I'm wondering if perhaps any of you great people could tell me what just happened to my CB7... (F22A2, 1992, 4AT)
Here's the deal:
I picked up my car from a respray on saturday, and found that although all seems connected properly, the antenna doesn't extend, the inside dome light is not working, the 'lights on' reminder is not chiming, and the wipers are not working in the 'INT' mode.
There's more: yesterday, first the dash threw a "brake lamp" warning while all tails and stops work properly, then after a couple of minutes driving, the E-brake light came on with the "brake lamp" and went off only after I switched the engine off (brake fluid level OK).
Now, today, I suddenly got the battery light on, (sometimes flickering on and off) then I lost my rev. clock, THEN my speedo, and THEN power ie it felt like the engine was running waaaay too light, revving easily, but not giving power.
Help! Please! Wat the hell happened?

 

I wouldn't say that this is related to the respray or the shop.... sounds like it could be something that was waiting to happen..... how does the car start?! Any problems when starting it?

 

I almost don't doubt that they disconnected something wrong when they sprayed it. that in turned caused a short. don't know though.

 

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Yep, huge problem starting - she won't turn over, and does it real slow...
you reckon its the battery? Shorted somewhere by the guys disconnecting something?

 

I had a problem like this, it seemed like the alternator wasn't charging, which might be your case. with mine, the main power wire was burnt for about 6 inches off of the alternator. so I too it off sanded it and cleaned the wire, rewraped it, and now it works.
I would suggest taking your alternator, and battery down to auto zone or somewhere to get tested separately.

 

We don't have auto zone here, but that's a great clue - now I'm also thinking it may be something to do with the alternator/battery, or a short circuit somewhere.
I took the battery out, and hooked it up to a charger for the night. We'll see tomorrow morning what that'll give me.