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Old 05-25-2008, 10:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Need Help! Again!!

I found that the problem to my speedometer cluster and non-working power mirrors and dome lights was a bad fuse in the driver's compartment. It's fuse #34 and it's to have a 7.5 fuse. Anyway, while trying to replace that fuse, as soon as I insert it , it blows instantly. I am not a electrical guy, and need someone's help and ideas so I can finally fix my car. I've taken it everywhere, and all they say is to get a new cluster for 2k, and that is how to fix it!!!
What am I to do next, after finding this issue?
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Chris
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Old 05-25-2008, 11:23 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Need Help! Again!!

You have a short somewhere in one of those circuits. You need to find it and fix it. I'd try disconnecting the cluster and replacing the fuse again, first - if the cluster really is shorted, then the fuse won't blow with it disconnected.
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Old 05-27-2008, 01:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Need Help! Again!!

chris, if its what I'm thinking of, that circuit also includes the O/D button.. by any chance do you have an atx and have removed the console and not properly wired it back up

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