electrical issues HELP
When I bought the car I noticed it had no high beam and the fuel gauge didn't work.
Can I do anything myself to find the problems to my situation???
My car is a 88 vl sl
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high beam would need a new bulb probs maybe a melted fuse but start from the beginning and work your way back
with the dash give a tap where the fuel gauge is, mines been sticking alot lately and thats how its come good although could be the float in the tank
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my fuel gauge sticks as well works when it wants too, i whack every now and then and it works for a while.
high beam could be no or broken globes, blown fuse, relay or the indicator stalk switch. use a light tester and trace the current back.
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before i pulled my VL off the road and stripped it it had the same faults but a few extra ontop.
I had no fuel gauge, no dash lights, no parkers or headlights would work. And no interior light.
I checked the fuse box and found it kept blowing a blade fuse, turned out i had a short for the interior light in the B pillar and it kept killing everything else above each time i turned the headlights on.
HTH
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My speedo sticks lol I just tap the gladd/plexi glass cover on the front and it springs back
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Another VL Driver
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also known as Perspex :P
high-beams i bet my left nut its the fuse block has melted where the high-beam fuse goes.
fuel gauge.. as stated above. Sticky gauge, or intank float which is on a variable resistor is failing. could b something stupid like a loose plug at the tank
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I am preying for your left nut nath,
although I think you are right, it just may well be a fuse or the stalk switch.
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Another VL Driver
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^^^ haha cheers Justo yeah man same lol..
Cheers everyone thanks for the help the fuse block is all melted.
What can you do to fix melted fuse block I'll add some pics of it tomorrow?
Another VL Driver
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Ahhhh u loose a left nut...... WINNER.
u can either cut the wires below the melted piece and put an inline fuse or replace whole block? ur call
How much for a new fuse box???
Can u get brand new ones ???
Another VL Driver
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ebay would b the go man....
but to get u by, just put an inline fuse in
same thing happend to mine the ####er melted both headlight and high beam could someone help me with rewiring both????
Another VL Driver
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just undo the 2 screws holding down the main fuse rail and carefully pull it up .... wire in a fuse in between the 2 wires which the fuse connects. u can by inline fuse holders and fuse cheap man. make sure your not changing the fuse rating...
is it easy enough to wire it to a spare fuse holder??
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My fuse box is melted on the high beam side, but my beams work fine, I'm guessing the previous owner of mine chopped the wires like Nath said & went inline
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inline is the easiest and cheapest way and does no comprimise any thing.
PLEASE DISSCONNECT YOUR NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL before you start undoing wires in the fuse box.
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sorry for being a dumbass but how would i wire the inline fuse in?
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Another VL Driver
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cmon really.... 1 end of the wire twist it with ur inline fuse wire and solder and heatshrink or tape it and then the other end of wire do the same so u have a "Inline fuse"
or get wire joiners
another option for the headlight wiring.
mine has a similar problem, the fuse isn't blown but it's melted and become 1 with the fuse box, seeing it still works i decided to take some load off it.
I went and bought some nice heavy wire that will handle 30A and some female spade plugs to suit the wire thickness
Cut the high beam feed wires from both headlight plugs (body wiring side) and put the heavier gauge wire between them and feed the lose end near the battery.
Make sure the joins and passenger side wire that is cut are well insulated, I used a few layers of heat shrink.
At the battery I placed a relay, Used the green H/Beam wire as the trigger on the relay and feed the relay straight from the positive on the battery.
This has worked extremely well and if anything less voltage drop and brighter H/Beams it's even running 400Watts without an issue, you can't do that with stock wiring.
I never got around to it but was going to chop the gnd wires and screw them straight to the body to reduce the resistance and voltage drop more..
Last edited by Jxw; 01-02-2012 at 11:48 PM.
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wonder what the spiders think of ur mod
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