hey guys i wrote in a few months back about an 83 FB well i still have that little ride but i happened across a 1988 Turbo 2 for 500 bucks the guy told me all it needed was a MAF and a brake master cyl and it would be good well i replaced the MAF with a reman unit for $189 and i bought the brake master cyl for $60 then i find out that it has been sitting in a storage unit for 5+ years well tonight i hooked up the battery and i have nothing no dome lights not idiot lights my head lights wont roll up but turn signals work hazards work all the interior lights in the dash light up with the lights turned on is my computer fried how do i check for a factory alarm if i have a factory alarm could that disable my entire car like that when i turn the key all i get is relays clicking under the hood starter doesnt engage i need this car running ASAP any and all help would be welcomed

 

Check the Room fuse for the interior lights. It's located in the interior fuse box. This fuse also powers the alarm. The alarm just prevents the car from being started and nothing else. If you want to bypass the alarm then go to the Starter Cut relay located near the trailing coil and this relay has just one plug connected to it (located underneath it) unlike the nearby Main relay which has two plugs connected to it. At the Starter Cut relay you jumper a Black/Green wire to the Black/White. There are two Black/Green wires in this plug and you want to use the one that does not have voltage w/key to on. So with key to on check which of the two B/G wires has voltage and select the other B/G wire for jumpering.

Check the Retractor fuse in the engine fuse box to see if it is the cause for the headlights not popping up.

Check 7.5 amp meter fuse found in the interior fuse box to see if it causes the idiot lights to not function properly.

 

well i checked all the fuses and i jumpered the factory alarm and i did get the engine to turn over it was very slow to turn over and the air pump pully looks bent but the fuel pump wasnt working and when i pulled it out it was trashed the fuel had melted all the rubber down but i left it plugged in and checked for voltage and that was good im just very worried about how slow the engine turned over kinda like it was stuck is there any way to kinda free it up and pray that the motors not shot lol oh and i still have no idiot lights and still no dome or map lights and where is a good place to get a new or used air pump or is there a way to delete that all together thank you guys for all your help this is my dream car and i have been searching for it for 10+ years i knew it might have some problems but i didnt think it would be this bad

 

The slow turning over of the engine could be a weak battery, weak starter, poor connections on the starter, poor connections within the starting circuit leading up to the starter. The car can be pushed/pulled in gear to free up a possibly stuck engine.

The idiot lights ought to turn on w/key to on but engine not running. You can go to the largest of three plugs at the CPU, located towards the top. At this plug there is a White/Black wire. Jumper a wire to this wire on one end and connect the other end to a suitable ground. Make sure the ground choice is a proper one as any metal will not be a sufficient ground. When this wire is grounded (W/B) the idiot lights ought to light up w/key to on-engine off. The Meter fuse also needs to be good for this to work.

 

this weekend just isnt my weekend rain all weekend so work on the new addition to my fam will be slow think im gonna try and get the interior put back together with the right parts and the new stereo and check out most of the wiring inside and try and change out my heater controls they arent working on low speed so i bought a new one and i have a bad headlight retractor on the passenger side see if i can get that swapped

 

hey is this that black t2 with the red door in salt lake? that was kicking around? at least i think it was black.

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