noo dome light or mirror lights.....fuse is good

[themadness]

so i put in my new headliner today. now i dont have a dome light and the map lights arent working on the mirror. the fuse is fine as well as the other electrical things connected to that fuse.

any help?

[Money pit Beretta]

Think you missed a ground. Pure guess:dome light.

[themadness]

but i didnt unhook anything. i just dropped the light and the trim piecces. pulled the velcro and down she came, installed the new one reverse. i dont think i even touched any wires at all......

[themadness]

any harnesses or plugs that would kill both at the same time?

[themadness]

no ideas??

[Asylum]

Thinking dome light as was suggested.
Doesn't take much to disturb a 20+year old connection.
Worth another try.
Good luck

[themadness]

well i found what i think is the problem. while putting the visor back in one of the screws cut into the brown wire leading to the mirror. i'm assuming that it shorted light dome and mirror lights. is there a way to fix it or did i just get "screwed"

i put a motion activated led pucklight that even redknecked up doesnt look half bad. at least until i figure out what to do.....

[Asylum]

Well you obviously found your problem
Just fix it.

[themadness]

probably should have been a little clearer.

do i splice and crimp or will have to replace the wires, mirror, and dome assembly? i have a healthy fear of electricity and dont want to make matters worse by taking the wrong route.

[Asylum]

I'm actually surprised the fuse didn't blow.
I'd try just re-wrapping the wire, making sure it's clear of any more screws and see what happens.
Bulbs may be toast, but other than that you should be OK.
It's only 12 volts. Can't hurt you.

[GTU89]

Should be fine, the PO of my car ran a screw through the dome light wires, and all I had to do was tape the wire up and it was all good.

You sure it didn't blow a fuse? Really weird if it didn't.

[themadness]

i checked things out this morning and found a screw had indeed clipped a wire and peeled back the rubber. i spliced and crimped it hoping that would work after i tried the taping it off procedure. neither of the two changed anything. no dome, no mirror, and no floor lights. all the fuses were good

[3X00-Modified]

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its hard to decipher all the spam lately with how much there is... We get a new member every HOUR!

[Money pit Beretta]

And they all have very strange names.

[3X00-Modified]

yeah but this last one did not... It's the IP located in New Delhi that gave it away