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ok, for my daily f**k up. i installed a new black magic electric fan #175 for my 5.0. i followed the instructions to the nines. made one mistake - forgot to put my drive belt back on. car ran for a minute or so then i heard a loud electrical popping noise and saw some grey smoke from under the dash area. i had a manual switch wired in per the instructions - the wire leading from the fuse box to the lead was melted. not sure if the grey smoke came from under the dash - or from the wire to the switch from the fuse box or the switch itself. i thought maybe i threw the starter solenoid so i bought a new one. didn't work. horn works, etc etc but the radio won't work and none of the instrument gauges register. when i turn the switch i get nothing. any ideas? any help would be most appreciated. i need to be at work early in the a.m. i checked all my fuses and they are good. i unwired the manual switch. checked and rechecked everything. when i turn the switch still nothing and the started won't turn over. if anyone else has had this problem please let me know what you did. thanks.
- since then i have replaced the ignition switch, verified i have power to the starter solenoid by jumping the solenoid - engine turns over. horn works, cd player will eject cd but give no display, nothing registers when i turn teh switch over. i have checked every fuse and every wire i can lay my hands on with a multimeter. i have chekced all the fusibles, all show voltage. everything is getting power. wtf is it? any ideas. and PLEASE PLEASE don't slap up a huge list of copied and pasted techno babble. i have all the wiring diagrams. i have checked it wire by wire - still nothing when i turn the switch over. any ideas at all?
ok, for my daily f**k up. i installed a new black magic electric fan #175 for my 5.0. i followed the instructions to the nines. made one mistake - forgot to put my drive belt back on. car ran for a minute or so then i heard a loud electrical popping noise and saw some grey smoke from under the dash area. i had a manual switch wired in per the instructions - the wire leading from the fuse box to the lead was melted. not sure if the grey smoke came from under the dash - or from the wire to the switch from the fuse box or the switch itself. i thought maybe i threw the starter solenoid so i bought a new one. didn't work. horn works, etc etc but the radio won't work and none of the instrument gauges register. when i turn the switch i get nothing. any ideas? any help would be most appreciated. i need to be at work early in the a.m. i checked all my fuses and they are good. i unwired the manual switch. checked and rechecked everything. when i turn the switch still nothing and the started won't turn over. if anyone else has had this problem please let me know what you did. thanks.
- since then i have replaced the ignition switch, verified i have power to the starter solenoid by jumping the solenoid - engine turns over. horn works, cd player will eject cd but give no display, nothing registers when i turn teh switch over. i have checked every fuse and every wire i can lay my hands on with a multimeter. i have chekced all the fusibles, all show voltage. everything is getting power. wtf is it? any ideas. and PLEASE PLEASE don't slap up a huge list of copied and pasted techno babble. i have all the wiring diagrams. i have checked it wire by wire - still nothing when i turn the switch over. any ideas at all?