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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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89 civic si...everytime i turn on the headlights my fuse blows for taillights and license plate light...all the wires by the lights are fine...where else should i check to look for the short...HELPPP...its dark out already
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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your radio working ? cuz that fuse is for the radio aswell.. check there.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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car is gutted...no radio no nothing...been working since forever...just happened today
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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well what did you do with the wires for the radio? coulda pinched a wire anywhere really though. happened to me and turned out to be an exposed corner light
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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checked the radio plug everything is okay....where else could i look to see for a wire...i looked by the fuse box and i saw nothing...
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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you may have a short somewhere or a bad ground.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by j-bird20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">checked the radio plug everything is okay....</TD></TR></TABLE>
you say the plug is okay but how are the wires leading to it
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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thier are 2 wires that are bare by the cluster but are not near any metal...will it will jump..to pop the fuse instantly
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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you ever heard of electrical tape? put some one bare wires that way you dont have to worry about that.
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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i just saw the wires now...uhhh thank youuuu.....
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