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Keep blowing fuse

Old Aug 7, 2016 | 01:19 PM
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Keep blowing fuse

85 iroc with Lt1 swap
I keep blowing the 10 amp fuse labeled gauges. The wiring diagram I have shows the only thing on that fuse is gauges and cruise, I have removed all cruise components and the cluster is not in the car so the way I see it there shouldn't be anything connected but I'm still blowing the fuse. Suggestions please
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Old Aug 7, 2016 | 01:33 PM
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Re: Keep blowing fuse

I can't be sure, since your wiring diagram is turned the wrong way on my monitor, making it hard to read; but most FI setups use the "gauges" circuit for various ECM-driven things under the hood. Pink/blk wires are fed from that fuse.

That said, in a swap, it's impossible to guess what all might have been done wrong. Go back and check your work.
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 06:43 PM
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Re: Keep blowing fuse

The problem was, I hooked a black and dark purple stripe wire to ground that came from the gauge power feed, In my defense it looked black when I did it.
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 01:04 PM
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Re: Keep blowing fuse

Purple is not a great tracer color for a black wire.
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