whats the problem?

[ia yota]

when i turn the key on the radio and some of the instruments on the dash dont work. the fuse that goes to it keeps blowing and i cant figure out why. please help! thanks

[Rocksurfer]

Um, you have a short somewhere. 
















A little more info on the vehicle may help, for all we know it's in your Yugo with  five 2000 watt amps running through it.

[ia yota]

haha yeah i kinda figured  but do you know where?

[jimbo74]

haha yeah i kinda figured  but do you know where?

do we know where what?

a short is somewhere where the wires cross or a power wire grounds out

[Rocksurfer]

It's in the tires.

[Rocksurfer]

The point here is we really need a little more vehicle info, you know is it a moped or what?

[ninja turtle]

replace the cat

[brainlessfool]

change the muffler bearings

[Rocksurfer]

replace the cat

Yeah it may be in heat.

[unclejpl4x4]

RS be nice

but he is right   giving a veg info and  no  pacifies can't help us or you. 

yr model always help   is it a rust bucket or in good shape  

I would start with checking under the hood  battery, grounds  then start taking dash panels off. drivers kick panel, pull the glove box ,radio assembly  dash  cluster.

[Rocksurfer]

RS be nice

but he is right   giving a veg info and  no  pacifies can't help us or you. 

yr model always help   is it a rust bucket or in good shape  

I would start with checking under the hood  battery, grounds  then start taking dash panels off. drivers kick panel, pull the glove box ,radio assembly  dash  cluster.

Won't be under the hood, without knowing what it is or even if it has an aftermarket radio I will assume it does. It's the radio connection!

[brainlessfool]

Bad grond on the voltmeater and cig lighter too

[Rocksurfer]

cig lighter grounding out on an oversized radio, too much power being drawn through the radio, bad firewall ground, spliced into a low voltage source, etc, etc. Start with a process of elimination start disconnecting one source at a time until it stops blowing the fuse and viola you've found it.

[Rocksurfer]

I did have a similar issue with my 86 Toyota pickup, (notice I gave some info on my vehicle here) and it turned out that my radio was shorting everything out since not only did I have the radio in there I had my CB under it in the dash. The radio would hit the lighter and blow the fuse. I covered the radio with a piece of rubber to insulate it from the lighter.

[unclejpl4x4]

Won't be under the hood, without knowing what it is or even if it has an aftermarket radio I will assume it does. It's the radio connection!

good conclusion  but you got check  it out . you got a shop   customer brings in a car  " my muffler bearings are bad"    your still gonna check over every thing right ? not just replace the muff bearing.

[brainlessfool]

He changed my muff bearing. ...on my 83 p/u (notice how I put veh. info in there too?)

[Rocksurfer]

Yeah I'd change his muffler bearings allright, and by the time I was done even brainless would reconsider being since his would be so sore.

[bigarms23]

sounds like a short in a ground wire but i dont have a picture so i cant pin point it out

[ia yota]

thanks for you inputs....my friend told me my driveshaft oil might be low so i checked it and it was low so i filled it and it works!

[unclejpl4x4]

thanks for you inputs....my friend told me my driveshaft oil might be low so i checked it and it was low so i filled it and it works!

i a man with a sense of humor

[jimbo74]

are you the same guy from pirate that welded his ring and pinion?

[brainlessfool]

i a man with a sense of humor

[ia yota]

i decided to post something dumb cause i was laughing at some of the post people put up there earlier. no im not the guy from pirate