Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
ok tracing wires as best I can doesnt exactly tell me anything..you could have just looked at them and been like uhhhh they look good. B I dont give a **** if you ran out of 7.5amp fuses, wait and get the right one...they are rated for a reason, and all you did by putting a bigger fuse in because you were in a hurry was make the situation possibly worse. Dont get ****in lippy with me when I am trying to help you out in your thread by pointing out some of the mistakes you made. Did you ever say I traced it using a volt meter or I visually inspected or...or...or....soo when you want to be a grown up about it, I would be more than happy to help you with your query.
Ok. let me explain. Instrument lights didn't work. Checked the fuse. it was blown. put in a new fuse, turned the lights on it blew. The next thing I did was start looking at wires. I tore apart part of dash so I could see things better. I visually inspected all the wires that go to that part of the fuse box, the dimmer, and the back of the instrument cluster and nothing was melted together, none of the wire's insulation was cracked of chafed or however the hell you spell that, and nothing was touching anything metal to where it would short to ground. I then unhooked the tachometer that was wired in to the back of the dimmer thinking that might have have something to do with it. NOTE... The tach was in the car when I bought it 4 years ago. I then put a 10 amp fuse in it because thats what I had and it blew too. I guess the point I'm trying to make is everything was fine with the lights until my wife left her lights on and cooked the battery. Now the instrument lights short out for some odd reason. Why would draining a battery cause this problem to come about. Visually I can't find anything wrong with the wiring. No I did not use a volt meter to check the wiring and no I don't have a diagram. I was hoping some people who read this forum could help me out within the next few hours, and I was hoping someone knew a website or someplace on the net where I could find a wiring diagram so I didn't have to buy manual. I'm sorry if I didn't explain enough