Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:30 am**

going home saturday night i had a electrical fire under the dash

what happend was the main plug that comes through the fire wall had melted

starting a small fire bugger so if you value your truck please check your wiring

got the zook home not that bad need new harness got one why do they have to cut plugs off at the wreckers

so i'm soldering new plugs on

Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:54 pm**

I had an eletrical fire under the dash from being lazy.

I had a fuse that kept blowing as soon as the headlights were turned on, so i just made a no-blow fuse using a piece of wire. All was good for awhile i was out 4wdin at night and saw a light flashing down near my feet. The insulation melted of the wire and started to melt my fuse box and caught fire.

Found the short. It was in the rear light harness about 7 wires had rubbed through on the chassis.

And boner its because some wreckers are lazy farks who only own a pair of side cutters and dont know how to undo things...

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:40 pm**

just about finished fixing up all the cut wires

all good so far

no big stuff ups so far

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:33 pm**

all done the only thing is that the fuel gauge works backwards full is empty visa versa

any ideas

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:46 pm**

swap the polarity of the sensing wires at the dash end

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:50 pm**

gecko270 wrote:swap the polarity of the sensing wires at the dash end

how do i do that

as i don't know that much about the wiring

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:20 pm**

It's obviously something you've done where the wires have been cut. Find a FSM or live with what you've got. If your not sure on wiring and power then you shouldn't really stuff with it. You can only end up with more problems.

Don't mean to sound harsh mate, but I'm in the game and things really do go bad if things get mixed up.

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:43 pm**

gecko270 wrote:It's obviously something you've done where the wires have been cut. Find a FSM or live with what you've got. If your not sure on wiring and power then you shouldn't really stuff with it. You can only end up with more problems.

Don't mean to sound harsh mate, but I'm in the game and things really do go bad if things get mixed up.

thanks bro i think it will go to a auto leco

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:50 pm**

nar just leave it - itll spin people out when you go on a long drive and gain fuel =P tell them its got a flux capacitor!!! eheh

i had my fuse box melt and didnt even know it till i blew a spotlight fuse - went to change that and saw a lump of plastic under the dash with fuses melted in place - would have been totally screwed if one of them blew!!!
I got a auto elec to re-route the ones that were stuck into new fuses behind the box (glass type screw ins).