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Old 2009-11-29, 04:33 PM   #1
Dewey
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Real Name: Chris Dewey
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Reno
Posts: 520
 
Car: 98 RSTi Unicorn!
Class: Street Modified
Default Electrical Gremlin

So, as a lot of you know, I sold my car just recently, but it is still having some electrical problems. I have definitely narrowed it down to somewhere near the cabin fusebox. Hopefully it is as simple as replacing the fusebox, but since they run around 150-200 dollars, I was hoping that someone might have one laying around that I can borrow or buy just to see if that might be the source of the problem.

I know this isn't exactly as common as having spare tires or exhaust parts lying around, but I thought I might give it a shot.

Just so everyone knows, the problem is that the car loses power to all the crucial components intermittently. When in the "ON" position normally the CEL should be on, and when the power is lost the CEL does not turn on. I noticed the fuel pump does not get power either, because I cannot hear it turn on when this happens. Also, the power will not randomly come back on. I have to press, wiggle, or hit the interior fusebox in order to get the power back. Sometimes the power only stays on for a few seconds. When this happens, the car WILL still turn over, but since the fuel pump does not get power, the car does not actually start. Everything else that is electronic in the car still turns on. (Headlights, dome light, stereo, cluster etc.. excluding the clock. But, that POS has never worked right.)

If anyone has any feedback or a fusebox let me know.

-Chris

P.S. If any of that sounds jumbled it's because I have been writing a paper for 10 hours, and I am very tired of typing.
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