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Mrmojorisin 02-24-2009 07:20 PM


Originally Posted by nlehrenreich (Post 29487)
.......................... The guy i bought it from said all it needed was a head gasket and he said everything else worked fine. .....................

And you bought it anyways ??? Wow !!!!
If it is just an instrument cluster then you got off lucky.

But then again....you have no idea if its running hot or not do you. Seein as all the gauges are out. Park it till you get your gauges and DIC working.

nlehrenreich 02-24-2009 07:54 PM

Well if you knew how much i paid for it you would of bought it too. It isnt just the instrument cluster, theres more to it then that. But im slowly eliminating things it could be.

nlehrenreich 02-25-2009 05:27 PM

Well i did some work to it today. We changed the battery termianl bolts and put brand new ones in, We checked 3 grounds under the hood, one to the fuse box and the two main battery grounds, we wire brushed them and put dielector grease on them. We also did the same for the two grounds under the back seat.

When we were checking the grounds under the back seat we noticed that a green wire seemed like it had burned and was no longer connected to anything, and an orange with white wire had been cut. Any ideas what they go to? Where could i get an interior wiring diagram? Could the problems be because of an ignition switch?

rickyd 02-26-2009 09:47 AM


Originally Posted by nlehrenreich (Post 29567)
Well i did some work to it today. We changed the battery termianl bolts and put brand new ones in, We checked 3 grounds under the hood, one to the fuse box and the two main battery grounds, we wire brushed them and put dielector grease on them. We also did the same for the two grounds under the back seat.

When we were checking the grounds under the back seat we noticed that a green wire seemed like it had burned and was no longer connected to anything, and an orange with white wire had been cut. Any ideas what they go to? Where could i get an interior wiring diagram? Could the problems be because of an ignition switch?

DUDE.... orange and white wire????? is that two wires, or one wire?
if you are excited with how little you paid for the car, then spand a little and maybe have it looked at... wee will try and help as much as possible. can you tell where any of the wires go?
im sure that they are affecting something.....
rickyd

nlehrenreich 02-26-2009 05:35 PM

I really need to know if i can get the wiring diagram online somewhere, anyone know?

nlehrenreich 03-06-2009 08:49 AM

Yesterday I found and fixed the problem. Apparently someone who previously owned this car put too big of a fuse in the IGN O-BODY slot in the back fuse block and it partially burned a wire out of the insulation. Once I hooked a jumper wire from the fuse block the the good part of the wire everything turned on and the car works like new. I appreciate everyone's input on helping me solve this problem. I was really excited when I found it was just a burnt wire and not a bad computer or cluster.

rickyd 03-06-2009 12:23 PM

good going dude!!!!!!!!!

jono6406 03-06-2009 01:35 PM

Congrads you really did a fine job finding the problem. You da man!!!


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