fuse question...

[Killer]

ok so my rear lights and dash lights went out... 9 times out of ten that's a fuse... but my fuse cover is missing... any one know how to tell with out pulling fuse by fuse which one it could be... i know me and it'll be the very last one from where i'll start and i don't want to do that! oh and it's a 93 hatch... thanks!

[dereksi]

Test light

[Killer]

ok.. without buying anything else...

i've already got the extra fuses.... just don't want to spend money or too much time on something so simple... fuses are gay.

[MongolPup]

Look in manual and it will tell you what each fuse does.

[Killer]

doubt i have the manual bub.... come on guys.. if i'da hat a test light or a manual i would use them... guess i could try to google it.. thanks!!!!

[Killer]

well... i've got one more fuse to check.. but that may or may not take care of it...

what else will cause the parking lights to go out???? come one guys... i don't want a ticket!

[TBoDelSol]

why dont you pull them one at a time till you find the one that is blown in half

[BABY J]

Call some1 else w/ an EG (i have 2, but I am not home) and have them tell u which 1.

[BABY J]

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[BABY J]

Gimme a sec, I will find the 1 under the hood (gotta love google)

[Killer]

i've already got those man!!! tattoodlude pulled them up for me! i've checked them.. (well i actually have to check one more, but it's pooring in marietta right now....) i'm asking like what if this doesn't fix it.. what else could it be! thanks for the help.

[Killer]

ok... now my car won't efing start.... ..... i looked at my fuse box under the hood... and my alarm keeps going off... (worse alarm ever.. when i have time it's coming out or being rewired!) i don't know if the alarm is shorting something out... or if i've knocked somthing loose.. the seems to be fully charged... but when i turn the key... NOTHING! not a noise a click.. nothing even turning over... ANY SUGGESTIONS!

[Killer]

it was a loose fuse under the hood that kept it from starting (which i kinda figured.. but couldn't check last night...) But i still have NO PARKING LIGHTS!!!!! i know some of u have to know what else besides a fuse could cause this... my blinkers still work... my cautions work... my brake lights work.. .just not my parking/dash lights??????? i really need this fixed considering i've got to take the car to north ga this weekend...

[BABY J]

http://www.automotivetalk.net/showmessages.php?id=3273

[Killer]

..... that sort of helps.. i guess... i found a similar discussion last night... thanks for lookin man! hopefully i can get that fixed this weekend!

[Killer]

i was just pumped to get it started again this mornin!

[BABY J]

LOL. Try the switch. I think you can source one from a junkyard.

[Killer]

yeah i will... i know some ppl in north ga who work on civics as like a second job... they should be able to help... just hope i don't get pulled over tonight on the way up there!

[Killer]

well... even though i hoped not to get pulled over it happened!!!!!!! lol... but i got no tickets.. and i got the car fixed on saturday... except now i'm realizing there is still a problem with a fuse under the hood!!!! one of those large fuses is coming loose for somethin...

[BABY J]

You can take a short piece of 18 gauge wire (3 or 4 inches) and "make" the connection... strip the ends, put a connector on them (or be ghetto and just use wire and connect it up) and then screw one end to each of the screws. It will be a solid connection and you lose the safety of a fuse though.

[phuoc_dat]

how did u get it fixed? U siad ur dash light doesnt work right?

[Killer]

the dash didn't work right... it was just a fuse under the steering column... the fuse had blown.. i tried to check them.. pullin them out one by one... basically in the dark... coldn't find it.. then i bought a tester.. and 40 fuses... just to replace ONE! lol.. but that fixed it.. as far as the "big fuse" it won't even allow the car to start.. or anything... but i can fix that...

[Killer]

in response to baby j...

.... i don't want to lose the safety of the fuse... but yeah that would def work!

thanks for all the help too...