I am slowly discovering the source of many of my electrical problems.
I found out that my dash lights did not work because I didn't have
bulbs in most (idiot) and the ground was loose. I managed to get both
horns working, did some messing around under the dash, and now the
passenger side horn no longer works. When I run a jump from the
battery it works fine. A test light shows it's getting juice. I can
only guess that it's not getting enough (but the light looks just as
bright as it does off the battery) voltage. Can't imagine what's
causing it.
The wiper motor is apparently fried. When I hooked it up and turned it
on it got hot. So I took it out and hooked a jumper up to it. It ran
for a second, but stopped. Now nothing happens, it just gets hot.
Then there's this ground wire that comes out of the harness behind the
gas gauge. Smitty says it attaches to the fuel gauge (I thought it
went to the clock) along with the ground that jumps between the gauges.
The problem is that the ground in the harness is not grounded. I
tried running current thru it, but couldn't find the other end. Smitty
says it's the ground wire that comes out of the harness in the engine
compartment and attaches to the cowl and the warning light simulator.
No luck. Smitty says my wire fried somewhere inside the harness.
Likely?
There's also a solid red wire that comes out of the harness in the same
place as the ground wire. It only has power when I turn on the light
switch. I cannot find a reference to it anywhere on my schematic. Was
hoping to use it as an accessory, since it's the only spare wire coming
from the harness, but apparently I can't do that. Any guesses as to
what it's for?
Can only get the driver's side flashers to work, front and back.
Lastly, the brake lights don't work. I had read in Classic Auto
Restorer that sometimes pressure activated brake switches fail when a
change to silicone fluid is made. Anybody else heard that? I've got
juice going to one of the leads on the sensor, but haven't yet been
able to check the other lead with pressure applied to the pedal.
Any help would be appreciated.
Christopher
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