auto elec trouble please help

[solinoid]

I removed the tape plaer from the my GQ patrol and installed me cd player from my old car,

There was a switch in the dash that connected to a relay that didnt seem to do anything.. so i removed it, and now my dash or parkers dont light up..must be on the same circuit those two ?

i have tried everything to find the fault but cant locate it..i can get the light on by opening the steering wheel component and getting into the light switch lever and arching that turns the light on....so could it possible be my light switch assembly on the steering wheel itself ???? any iadeas will be greatly appreciated

-chris

[Patroler]

hard to say without looking at the wiring schematic, they would be on the same circuit tho, cant you just put he relay back to how it was??
Does everything else work?
Have you checked all the fuses?
At a guess i'd say when u turn on the switch for the parkers, power flows to the parkers and to the dash lights - and maybe the tail lights from the combination switch,
If you can get it all to work by bridging the switch, then that means the wiring to the parkers is ok, could be the switch or further upstream, double check the wiring on the switch and test the switches parker circuit for continuity, this will tell you if the parker contact in the switch works.
Hard to say without the wiring diagram in front of me, I'd be getting hold of one and breaking out the multimeter.

[solinoid]

ok after stuffing around all day, to no avail
i pulled out the cd player and the dash light worked....hmmmm

so i must have been pulling some current from somewere...
ill have to just send some wire from the battery just for the cd player i think.

also my spoties dont work now

[Patroler]

Just make sure you run a fuse, inline with the + wire fairly close to the batt, no need to fuse the neg if it is wired to ground, fuse probably on the radio loom..
You'll probably need to run a wire from the acc as well as battery, so it doesn't have to be reset every time the key gets turned on.

Good luck

[carts]

There was a switch in the dash that connected to a relay that didnt seem to do anything.. so i removed it
-chris

Perhaps the relay was doing something....spotlights?

[DAZZ]

Check that the ground wire connected to the CD player is actual ground and not dash illumination. This will seem like a ground with the headlamps turned off. If in doubt connect the ground wire for the CD to the body...

[buger man]

just find another fuse in the fuse box (eg) wipers or run it direct fron the raido fuse in the fuse box

[solinoid]

Check that the ground wire connected to the CD player is actual ground and not dash illumination. This will seem like a ground with the headlamps turned off. If in doubt connect the ground wire for the CD to the body...

youi were spot on there ... the earth wire was the illumination it acted like earth on the test light so all i did was put in an earth wire to the body and she all works fine