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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / January 2007

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dcl - 31 Dec 2006 16:27 GMT
I have a sidekick 91.  There is a fuse that shorts and I think it has
to do with the electricity of the light at the back of the car.  I have
a cable for a trailer that has been add when the previous owner had the
car in 91.  any Idea.

Thanks

DCL
ed - 31 Dec 2006 20:33 GMT
fix it.

> I have a sidekick 91.  There is a fuse that shorts and I think it has
> to do with the electricity of the light at the back of the car.  I have
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> DCL
Steve W. - 31 Dec 2006 20:50 GMT
> I have a sidekick 91.  There is a fuse that shorts and I think it has
> to do with the electricity of the light at the back of the car.  I have
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> DCL

Yeah the cable pigtail has probably gone bad. BUT you still need to
trace it down to repair it.

There are a few ways to track down the break

The first is a short locater tool.
 One type jumps the fuse area with an automatic circuit breaker and has
a needle gauge that wags back and forth as you follow the wire. Where
the break is the needle will stop.
 Another type is a Fox and hound style signal injector. With it you
connect a signal generator to the wire and follow it with a receiver
unit, when the tone stops you have found the break.
 Now if you don't want to spend a lot of money you can make a home brew
version of the first type using an automotive circuit breaker to replace
the fuse and a compass. Just watch the needle to see when it stops moving.

Another way is to visually pull the harness apart and find the short by
looking for a bare wire or burnt insulation.

Or just put a really heavy fuse in it and wait for the wire to start
melting and follow the smoke.... NOT A GOOD IDEA

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Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

Rodan - 01 Jan 2007 06:38 GMT
"dcl"  wrote:     ( 91  Sidekick)

There is a fuse that shorts.      Any Idea?
__________________________________________

Tie yourself to a kitchen chair and torture
yourself until you reveal exactly what you
are doing when the fuse blows, then post
your confession here.   Someone will help.

Rodan.
 
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