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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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i just got my 89 crx dx right and i drove it home and all the lights worked fine then 2 nights ago then i turned on my lights leaving my g/fs house and then the dash lights went out so i was like wtf then i drove it home and yesterday i went and bought some fuses and replaced spot 8, whcih is the instrument lights, licesne plate lights, and the tail lihgts, i put lots of fuses in, tryed to do different things each time nothin really tht would fix it just wanted to see and i blew every time any one know of a common place stuff shorts out at or any way of finding out where the short is?
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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Default Re: common shorts? instrument light fuse keeps blowing? (tdizz07)

Check the wiring to the cluster make sure they are contacting the electric strips.
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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so when you plug the antena into the radio it causes that fuse to blow, any ideas on how to get it right?
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 08:59 AM
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anyone have this problem?
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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hmmm thas fuked my car's taillights n instrument lights fuse blew too i tried lots n still cant figure it out i herd it mite be the illumination wire or sumtin but try cleaning ur bulb contacts i did that n it fixed it for the nite but hopefully itll werk longer for u
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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thas illumination wire to ur deck* haha
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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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lol i just pulled out my cd player and they havent blown since, it blew once when i just pushed my cd player a little bit lol
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