Wiring Issue
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Wiring Issue
Hey I have an 86 base, and am having some wiring issues in which I can't seem to source the problem. My clock on the idiot lights intermittently shuts on and off, and when the clock turns off, I lose power to my cigarette lighter. I checked my grounds and fuses and everything looks good, so....wtf?
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I took the Idiot LIght cluster out. Then removed the cover off the cluster to reveal the solder connections where the electrical plug attaches. I reflowed the solder just at those joints. It works fine for the last four/five years.
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Originally Posted by HAILERS
I took the Idiot LIght cluster out. Then removed the cover off the cluster to reveal the solder connections where the electrical plug attaches. I reflowed the solder just at those joints. It works fine for the last four/five years.
Any other ideas?
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Both the cigar lighter and the clock are fed from a 10amp fuse on the bottom row of the fuse box. It's the second fuse over from the left if looking into the fuse box.
Both circuits also share a plug called X-11 on a 86 model. That plug is.....way over to the right behind the dash. I'd suspect directly inline with the glove box. It has 21 pins in it. I have never ever seen this plug. I've never seen that plug myself.
There's something else that you might consider. That fuse gets fed by the ignition switch. So a disfunctional ignition switch could cause both the cigar lighter and the clock to go **** up. It's a real possibility. Try having the clock work. Then bump, jiggle the ignition switch. Not turn it, but just bump, jiggle it.
Both circuits also share a plug called X-11 on a 86 model. That plug is.....way over to the right behind the dash. I'd suspect directly inline with the glove box. It has 21 pins in it. I have never ever seen this plug. I've never seen that plug myself.
There's something else that you might consider. That fuse gets fed by the ignition switch. So a disfunctional ignition switch could cause both the cigar lighter and the clock to go **** up. It's a real possibility. Try having the clock work. Then bump, jiggle the ignition switch. Not turn it, but just bump, jiggle it.
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