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To: 2Jedismom

Sounds like you've got a short somewhere in the circuit. I had a similiar problem with my old Celica.

I had bought it used and someone had put a wrong-amperage fuse (too high, like 10 in a 15 amp or something) in the horn/hazard/radio socket. I didn't think anything of it at the time.
It eventually blew so I replaced it with the same amp fuse that was in there. Then that one blew. So I put one more in there and the wiring started to smoke. I yanked the fuse out and ran for the fire extinguisher.

What had happened was that the horns were rusted out (low to the ground under the front bumper, on road-salted Vermont roads). The replacement of the wrong amperage fuse zorched all the wires in the front end of the car - cost me about $300 worth of rewiring work.

Moral of the story: 1) use the right amperage fuse, don't cheat and put a higher one in there, 2) if it blows, there's a good reason it did, 3) find the short....

LQ


151 posted on 11/29/2004 5:28:33 PM PST by LizardQueen
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To: LizardQueen

I gotta get this fixed and get it sold so I can buy my midlife crisis Bug!

;-)

It's never blown a fuse since we bought it new...and we got the appropriate fuse according to the manual. It's something...just gotta find out what it is.


153 posted on 11/29/2004 5:32:15 PM PST by 2Jedismom (o\UU/o)
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