I was hooking up a gauge and my car is dead please help Quick?
10-10-2003, 11:41 AM
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I was hooking up a gauge and my car is dead please help Quick?
I tapped a lwire from my turbo timer thinking it was ig I guess it wasn't. Now the car is not turning on at all some please help I have to go to work at 3:00
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10-10-2003, 12:12 PM
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wish i knew what to tell you but i'd have to see it first hand.
Can you work backwards and get your car to how it was before you started? Then goto work and try again when you have more time?
Sorry, Eric
Can you work backwards and get your car to how it was before you started? Then goto work and try again when you have more time?
Sorry, Eric
10-10-2003, 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by sfwrx2
Boost gauge,turbo timer both disconected. Factory harness only No ignition response
Boost gauge,turbo timer both disconected. Factory harness only No ignition response
just relax... start from the top and make sure you connected everything. Make sure the negative terminal's on the battery. check all the wires you f*cked with in the beggining.
This may seem stupid but did you go for a drive before the install then pop the hood with the engine off but all the electrical stuff still running and the stereo? that fan and the stereo will kill your battery quicker than sh*t. happened to me once and killed my battery in about 15minutes.
if your battery's dead and nothing electrical works then stop everything and find a buddy to give you a jump. If nobody can help make sure you turn EVERYTHING OFF... don't even touch the brake pedal. then cross your fingers after about 20minutes and try her again.
other than that i can't help
10-10-2003, 12:58 PM
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This is what i would do.
1) disconnect the negative terminal of the battery
2) take the turbo timer place it on the ground and stomp on it, then burn it with lighter fluid!
3) take the wire you tapped into and re-cut the ends
4) re-splice THE WIRE YOU TAPPED into with new wire.
5)re-connect the negative terminal of the battery.
6)attempt to re-start the car
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1) disconnect the negative terminal of the battery
2) take the turbo timer place it on the ground and stomp on it, then burn it with lighter fluid!
3) take the wire you tapped into and re-cut the ends
4) re-splice THE WIRE YOU TAPPED into with new wire.
5)re-connect the negative terminal of the battery.
6)attempt to re-start the car
eric
10-10-2003, 12:59 PM
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check the fuse???? dont laugh. i once tore the dash apart on my trcuk to fix the power to the clock.
sure enough, the fuse was out and the one i though i replaced was good. since the element wasnt burned out, i assumed it was good. but i used a voltmeter to test the fuse and it was dead...
sure enough, the fuse was out and the one i though i replaced was good. since the element wasnt burned out, i assumed it was good. but i used a voltmeter to test the fuse and it was dead...
10-10-2003, 01:07 PM
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do you have any power at all ?
when you turn the key to on, does your lights and radio come on ?
did you take a voltmeter to your batery and check the load when you try to start ?
you *may* have poped a fusable link under the hood, check these things and see what happens
when you turn the key to on, does your lights and radio come on ?
did you take a voltmeter to your batery and check the load when you try to start ?
you *may* have poped a fusable link under the hood, check these things and see what happens
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