car is a 1990 hatch.just started to put the car back together and pulled out the heater now i have no kind of dash lights at all SEAT BELT// hatch ///door////oil light "ECT".. my check engine light is on all the time but if i flip on the turn signal switch it turns off . if i turn the key and hit the 4ways make my speakers pop and i have no radio in the car as of now. i just pulled the dash back out but cant find any thing ..... help

Modified by 1QwIkEf at 3:26 AM 7/7/2005


Modified by 1QwIkEf at 6:41 AM 7/10/2005

 

help

 

Sounds like a nightmare.

You're going to have to go through your harness and find where crossed/skinned/grounded wires are.

You'll want a good multi meter, a HELM for your vehicle, caffiene, and lots of patience!

Start in the obvious places...grounds, battery connections, etc.

 

yea i tryed all the grounds but notn. i think it is that 4 wire plug im talking about.

 

bump for more info

 

If all else fails, go to the junkyard and ripped out as many wires as possible and replace yours.

 

more help please

 

come on people litle help here,, hey justin did u check the wireing for the sidemarkers , thats 0ne thing u thats new maybe one of them is wired bakwards and its messing the circuit up... just an idea

 

I had similar problems when the positive lead on my starter was grounding out to the starter case.

 

so what you sayn the starter may be bad

 

can someone help... i just swapped out the hole cabin harness and turn signal switch ' all relays ' fuse panel but no luck... anyone

 

did u replace that corner light bulb?

 

yup... just tried the ignition switch also...nothing

 

come on some one has had to have something happen like this b4... i need to get the **** fixed so i can make** 600wHP***

 

 

That's the problem with wiring and shorted circuits... you can bump this thread all you want and nobody is going to be able to answer your question. I do wiring for a living and there's no way i can diagnose the possible cause with the information you've provided, and i don't think i could if you told me every detail. You need a volt meter and the knowledge it takes to use it and troubleshoot electrical circuits.
The best advice i can give you is to checkout http://www.the12volt.com and read about how electrical systems work and how to troubleshoot them. I doubt anyone has had the exact same (weird ***) problems and conditions that you're experiencing and can trace it all back to one single connection...

Sorry.

edit:
A few things i noticed when reading your posts.

- The speakers pop because the current from the emergency flasher relay is finding it's way through them. How is that possible if you don't have those wires connected to something....
- could you have blown the bulbs out of those other sensors by shorting it out? check it out.
- is there a ground not attached somewhere under the dash.. without ground, there is no electricity flowing through that circuit. The check engine light is probably grounded by the ECU, not on the same circuit as those other lights.

The wiring diagrams for a CRX are in the CRX workshop manual. Located here: http://www.norcalcrx.org/library

 

sounds like the CableMonster has been crossing circuits in the car

Ask: what wiring or circuits could have been accidentally mixed up?

start tracing with a DMM or VOM that preferably has an audible continuity test mode--begin with one of the circuits involved; decide what items should be powered by each circuit and what should NOT....

good luck,

Oust the CableMonster!

 

I just finished fixing a wiring nightmare on my friend's 1986 Toyota MR2. Someone had tried installing an alarm, a stereo, and god knows what else. There were crossed wires all over the place, skinned wires, and even a piece of speaker wire spliced into the 8 ga starter wire that was grounding out to the body.

I should have taken a picture of the rats nest of wires and stuff I removed from that car. Now it runs fine, starts every time, and the lights don't randomly quit working for days at a time.

The key with wiring is patience...and a Fluke meter.