I wired in my new autometer guage light to my inst light fuse and I turn on the lights and the guage lit then wham evertyhing went dead. no guage lights or shift indicater light. So i said dam blew a fuse. i go under neigth and the 5 amp fuse is still good. I put a test light to the fuse circuit and no light no nothing. Where do I look now?

 

Did you check all the fuses in the fusebox? I wired up my fan switch to my fuse box on one of the empty spots and blew the fuse to the radio for some reason. Maybe you blew a fusible link. I don't know about your car, but mine has six of them, three are coming off the starter, the other three are around the firewall. I'd start there.

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My guess is from the battery up. take the autometer guage fuse out then check the battery terminals cables. maybe somthing like that got fried. It kinda wierd though that you fuse was still intact.??????. I would think that if the autometer guage was wired inproperly the fuese would have blown. If your battery and leads from the battery are good then its possible that the power distribution center "love these tecish words " AKA fuse block is cooked. ther are only a few screws that hold this in so just unscrew it and see if the leads into it have juice. If the leads have power than the "PDC" is cooked.
Good Luck and I hope its somthing simple.
SSC

[This message has been edited by SUPER-SPORT-CHEVY (edited May 16, 2001).]

 

this wasnt for installation but the guage didnt have a fuse. I put the wire fomr the guage into the fuse hole then shoved the fuse in to see how the lights looked at night and boom thats when it happen