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Old 09-07-2009, 10:38 AM   #1
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Keep blowing gauge fuse...need ideas...

Here is the deal. I have an '88 IROC with a 350TPI. When I purchased this car, the wiring was a mess. The previous owner hacked a ton of wires and most were not fused. I redid most of the wiring in the dash/console area and deleted all of his crap that I could. The only issue left was that his old alarm screwed up the power door locks and they didn't work.

Now...about a year and a half later...My gauge fuse blew. I replaced it thinking it may have been a bad fuse and everything worked great for a few days. Then it blew again. I read through all of the other posts about it on here and traced everything I could think of. There are no wires shorting that I can find, and the fuse is fine as long as I am idling or driving normally. If I put my foot down the fuse blows. I have tried to figure out exactly when it is blowing and I believe it is somewhere around when the tranny shifts from first to second.

I am lost on what to trace next. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
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Old 09-08-2009, 11:38 AM   #2
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FUSE RUSE


Because your wiring was hacked by the locate the wire going to the GAGE FUSE and branch out with more fuses to point you to the faulty line.

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