Got screwed!!!!! Help!!!!!!

[SupraPieces]

I recently picked up an LED modded 89+ climate control for my 87... dude said it worked perfectly... such is not the case... I installed it the other day and turned my lights on and blew a fuse. I put in a 25amp fuse and as soon as the parking lights went on... pop!. Apparently this guy sold it because it has a short... anyone knowledgeable enough to fix it or at least steer me to some helpful knowledge?

 

[kotu100]

Personally i would just get my money back.

 

[Dan_Gyoba]

I could fix it, but it's a lot of shipping cost.

Really, they're not that complicated, I'd think that anyone who can handle a soldering iron could probably trouble-shoot it and get it working for you.

 

[supraguy@aol]

I've modded about 8 of them, and I can't imagine that it would be too hard to find the short once you opened it up.

 

[seoul4korea]

About how much does it cost to do this to your cluster and climate control anyways?

 

[suprarx7nut]

About how much does it cost to do this to your cluster and climate control anyways?

Cost is minimal. Parts are under $20 if you already have a soldering iron, flux and solder.

OP: You can take it apart (carefully) and we can help narrow down the problem. I'd rather help somebody learn to diagnose it themselves than just fix it for them.

The whole teach a man to fish vs giving him a fish...

 

[seoul4korea]

Cost is minimal. Parts are under $20 if you already have a soldering iron, flux and solder.

OP: You can take it apart (carefully) and we can help narrow down the problem. I'd rather help somebody learn to diagnose it themselves than just fix it for them.

The whole teach a man to fish vs giving him a fish...

thats cheap, i'm looking into this lol

 

[SupraPieces]

I appreciate that.. I will try to get it apart today and see what i can see.. I'm not technologically retarded but i spent a couple of dollars on this and don't know the pinouts and resistances i should see... especially after it has been modded

 

[gurley0916]

Theres a vendor who does this too.

 

[Poodles]

Did you put your old one back in to confirm it's not something you did?

 

[SupraPieces]

no hadn't tried that.. My brother in law was laughing at me because he thought that the shaking of the dash from cutting away some of the center console with a sawz-all was the problem and that i had shaken something loose... But i made sure not to hit any wiring or anything stupid like that... will attempt to re-install the old one tonight maybe and see if it works...then i will have to crack open the new one and inspect that.. thanks everyone for the quick replies.. Will let you know when i figure something out

 

[supraguy@aol]

I'm guessing that the problem is in the dash wiring.

 

[SupraPieces]

well with the new climate control unplugged everything except the dome lights works just fine.. i am going to try to plug the old climate control in and see if it all works still that way.. then i will know it is the new one

 

[SupraPieces]

Well took I took it apart and found the issue... apparently the guy that did the work was sloppy with his soldering iron and brushed up against a couple wires and melted the insulation away...


A little electrical tape and it works just fine

 

[suprarx7nut]

Bingo! Well done and you did it yourself. Congrats!

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[Dan_Gyoba]

Didn't think that it would be hard. The CC unit isn't that complicated.

Congratulations!