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Brake Light & Horn Problem
Posted:
Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:57 amby James701
Wats up C-EG,
I have a problem with my EG in the fact that the brake lights & horn are not working!! Its really annoying me cos its popping fuses! Also it was a D15 (now b18) and just stopped working before i even did the conversion driving round one day and i never touched the wiring before hand
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Anyone know what the problem might be?
Thanks JC
Posted:
Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:37 pmby ejc
If it is popping fuses you have a short in the circuit. Maybe the insulation on a wire is wiorn away and touching metal. You need to look at a circuit diagram and trace it out. It can be very time consuming. There is no easy way to troubleshoot and electical problem. Good luck
Posted:
Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:43 pmby James701
Ahh damn i had a feeling this would be the outcome! Would it be better to identify the brake light wires and rewire it from the plugs back?
Thanks for you reply
JC
Posted:
Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:48 pmby James701
Has anyone had this problem before, its really annoying me. Is the horn problem linked to the brake lights?
Posted:
Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:42 pmby necropaulis
If they went out at the same time, then they share a ground. Find out where the ground is and start from there. One of these could help:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CGYQ8wIwAQ
You could rewire, but when you're doing that, you'll prolly find your short.
Posted:
Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:23 amby James701
Ok thanks, for the help Necro.
Posted:
Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:07 amby TENGOKU25
mine not long done the same all other lights and so works but not brake lights or horn i replaced the switch and nothing checked all fuses all good and getting power but this all happened after a wire tuck so im guessing thats it for me but bitch thing is finding and tracing the wires as shits so tight under dash lol
Posted:
Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:14 amby TENGOKU25
has any 1 else had this problem and found were and what it was . just looking to find out so it makes my life easyer and no were to start or look b4 i start palling wires .
Posted:
Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:43 amby RWMIII
A Digital Multi-Meter is both of yours best friend in this situation. It can help narrow down which wire(s) has too much resistance, is seeing voltage when it should be ground and vice versa. From there it will be easier to find out exactly which wire/circuit is grounded, broken, etc...
Posted:
Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:07 pmby TENGOKU25
ok thanks man
Posted:
Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:49 pmby James701
I found the problem. The guy before me must of had a spoiler w/ brakelight. He then changed it to spoon one and must of left the brake light wires dangling.. They was touching each other..
Simple problem but a bitch if you dont know what it is! I just used tape around them to insulate them from each other and my brake lights have since worked for the last month!
JC
Posted:
Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:41 pmby necropaulis
Don't you just love finding other people's hack jobs....
Posted:
Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:13 pmby James701
Now onto my next problem which is my stereo. It cuts power when i turnt up the volume! Gottaaa sort the wiresss! apperently theres a confliction with my non vtec cluster loom and the vtec interior loom?
I gotta feeling i might have to splice into my stereo wire (red and yellow) and connect to ignition and battery or power source.
JC
Posted:
Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:12 pmby James701
Does anyone know if there is a confliction with the stereo/lighter/hazard wiring when doing an interior loom change?
Basiclly im from the UK and done a B18c4 (UK GSR) conversion into my EG. It was originally a non vtec D15b2. So ive basiclly swapped over the interior loom to a D16z6 interior loom. Of course im using the same stereo loom but it now doesnt seem to be working!
Anyone have any idea's?