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Jim, et. al.;
I didn't have much time with the car today, but I managed to hook up a
wire to the AAR as it should be, then when I started the car I blew a
fuse and the car wouldn't start, odd enough, but it gets better, it was
fuse 12!! Based on this and from what I've seen of the fuse box the POs
mechanic installed the wiring harness on a whim instead of by the book.
Tomorrow I'm going to take that fuse out and see if anything else is
connected to it, as I know it shouldn't be.
I believe it blew the fuse cause the wire to the AAR is hooked up
to the relay incorrectly, so which relay is it, and which terminal should
it be so I can check?
Also, how immediate of a problem would it be if something else is
hooked up to the fuse that the FP is on? Would I be able to simply
switch these wires over, or will I have to reorganize the entire fuse
box...or does this depend on what the man did to it?
Right now I have a 16amp fuse in fuse 12, so tomorrow I'm going
to put in an 8amp and see how it goes and if the fuse can take whatever
is on it, sigh. I know the only ultimate solution (there are other odd
hook ups I've noticed) would be to redo the entire electrical system
itself, but I really don't want to do this!
My idea for now is to replace the two 16amp fuses with 8amps and
whenever one burns out I will look into what is on it and from there
figure out if I should put a 16amp fuse--good? Bad?
Although on the plus side, the idle steadied itself and only
oscillated about 25rpms after I pressed on the accelerator and let it
idle again.
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Christopher J. Valade
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