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Shaolin Crane

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Ok well its nearing drive time more and more everyday, but im having issues getting power stuff to work, like the windows im almost positive that i got all my wires hooked up, power mirrors work, but door locks and windows dont, also seems the car isnt charging, the car will idle forever but when i shut the car off the damn battery is dead, now im not certain nothing is wrong but when everything was pulled out of the other car it all worked fine any pictures would help i dont think i can stand to look at wiring diagrams anymore
 

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bueller?
 

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sounds like a bad ground or faulty connection upstream.
 

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hmmm i think i did see an unhooked ground somewhere, when i connect the grounds should i grind down the paint underneath?
 

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If you can't stand to look at wiring diagrams anymore, you may be hunting in the dark for quite a while...

Until you change your mind about diagrams, pull the alternator out and have the auto parts store test it for you...
 

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Did you hook up everything that supposed to go on the starter solenoid? I beleive the power windows get power off a silver circuit breaker here along with the voltage regulator for the alternator
 

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Did you hook up everything that supposed to go on the starter solenoid? I beleive the power windows get power off a silver circuit breaker here along with the voltage regulator for the alternator
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Here's what he is talking about...

Starter solenoid wiring 86-91 5.0 Mustangs with standard starter






Starter solenoid wiring 92-93 Model cars and earlier models with high torque mini starter.

 

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yeah, all that stuff is hooked up, now another thing its doing is when i remove the negative battery cable the car dies, im thinking it shouldnt do that
 

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alright can i see some diagrams now, ****in thing is driving me nuts, could it be that since i dont have any of the gauges hooked up its not working?
 
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