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

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:16 pm
by 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?

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

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:50 pm
by Money pit Beretta
Think you missed a ground. Pure guess:dome light.

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

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:42 pm
by 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......

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

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:00 am
by themadness
any harnesses or plugs that would kill both at the same time?

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

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:20 am
by themadness
no ideas??

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

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 11:44 am
by Asylum
Thinking dome light as was suggested.
Doesn't take much to disturb a 20+year old connection.
Worth another try.
Good luck

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

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:19 am
by 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" :D

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

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

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:24 am
by Asylum
Well you obviously found your problem
Just fix it.

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

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:31 am
by 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.

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

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:35 am
by 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.

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

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:47 pm
by 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.

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

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:55 pm
by 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 %)

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

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:09 pm
by 3X00-Modified
It was a spam post, Cleaned it out...

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

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

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:18 pm
by Money pit Beretta
And they all have very strange names.

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

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:19 am
by 3X00-Modified
yeah but this last one did not... It's the IP located in New Delhi that gave it away