Alright so I started replacing bulbs in my 7 today, and I succesfully replaced the alarm light and the light that shines on the ignition keyhole.

Earlier this night I moved on to the exterior drivers side keyhole light. When I took the cover on the outside off I noticed the two white wires were just hanging there. Anyways I went to circuit city and got a blue LED light for it. When I came back I had the following procedure:

1. Disconnected battery
2. stripped off the insulation off the two white wires
3. soddered one white wire to one of the wires coming from the light, then the other white wire to the other wire coming off the light (so that both werent touching)
4. I then connected the battery
5. pulled on the handle to see if it would illuminate, it didnt, but the ignition keyhole did
6. with the battery connected I touched the white wires together
7. the light lit up for about a second then stopped

Now the ignition keyhole light and the door keyhole light no longer light up. I thought it might be a fuse but I couldnt figure out which one.

If anyone could help me figure out what I messed up it would be greatly appreciated.

 

check fuses, make sure led isn't wired in backwards?

 

Which fuse should I check, I just tried the most common like room, door, and cigar, but should I just go through each one?

 

I honestly think its wired backwards.

 

The door lock and ignition lock lights are probably connected in parralel, so connecting the doorlock LED backwards shouldn't affect the ignition lock light.
It's more likely you blew a fuse, start troubleshooting by checking for voltage over the LED.

 

alright, I'll try that, and if I can't find any fuses that are the problem then I will just try rewiring the LED.

When I go to sodder a new LED back on ( I cut off the old one), should I be soddering the two white wires and the wires coming off the LED so that they are soddered to each other or should I sodder them like I did previously?, also would it be possible that when I touched the wires together it just caused the bulbs to blow?

 

umm, sodder is a person who lays sod in a yard.

A solder is a fusible metal alloy melted to join metallic surfaces.

Honestly, if you don't know which fuses to check and you are cutting/splicing wires without using a DVM or the FD wiring diagram, you need to take a step back and educate yourself.

 

That is not it at all:

1. I wasn't sure which fuse it could be because why would a fuse just power two simple lights, which is why I tried the most common fuses to see if that fixed it, which it didnt, so then I wanted to ask you guys if you knew which fuse it could be so I wouldnt have to go through every single fuse

2. I am not soldering and splicing wires at random. I know exactly which two wires I am dealing with, the reason why I was unsure how to connect them is because they were just hanging there, and I had no way of telling how they were connected to the original bulb. Also I dont know if you knew this but you cant solder to the insulation around a wire, hence my reason for taking off the insulation of those wires so I could soldering the new bulb on to them

3. why does it matter how I spell solder, you still knew what I was talking about. Also, there is no such thing a "sodder", A person who lays sod is either a landscaper or gardener, if you look up sodder in the dictionary is will tell you to either see solder or soder, and if you see soder it will tell you to see solder

4. You think I wouldnt go into my FD without consulting the bible. Every chance I get I'm looking into the workshop manual.

Now later on today I will check the fuses, and perform the instructions in the body electrical manual

 

well, i followed the body electrical recommendations on how to rectify the problem of the ignition light and exterior keyhole light but nothing worked.

I realized that when replacing the room fuse it would spark when putting in, so i disconnected the keyhole light connector inside the door and it still did the same.

Right now i have no idea what to do, but maybe you one of you guys would know why it might spark like that. Also, everything else that the runs on the room fuse works, just not those 2 lights.