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help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner #721859
06/11/10 09:22 PM
06/11/10 09:22 PM
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Altoona, Pa.
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the fuse for the radio/back up keeps blowing.
whch makes the turn signals quit working,the radio an original just lights up but does not work.the fuse lasts about 5 minuets at most.just had the taillights fixed thinking that was the problem. why do the turn signals quit working?were do I start

Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 71runnerm51] #721860
06/11/10 11:19 PM
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Where do you start? Since there has been recent work performed on the tail lights, sounds like that's where I would start. Disconnect the rear bumper harness from the body harness, Molex connector left rear trunk floor under matt, test for blowing fuse. The turn signals are also on the radio/backup light circuit so shorts with any of those lights when activated will knock that fuse out. If the fuse still blows with the bumper harness disconnected the problem is elsewhere. disconnect the radio, the forward lighting harness, and the backup light switch harness at the bulkhead connector one at a time to eliminate problems with those components.


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Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 72roadrunnergtx] #721861
06/11/10 11:47 PM
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thanks for the help,the fuse was popping before the taillight work..thought that was the problem
their was a loose connection with the driverside turn signal goin to get on it saturday

Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 71runnerm51] #721862
06/12/10 11:37 AM
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Does the fuse blow with the radio power disconnected?

Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 71runnerm51] #721863
06/12/10 12:01 PM
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Bad flasher?

Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 71runnerm51] #721864
06/12/10 12:34 PM
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I think that circuit may also go the the cigar lighter, make sure it is not shorting out.

Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: Challenger 1] #721865
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Quote:

Bad flasher?



no return path to ground, can't in itself be a source of a short circuit.

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I think that circuit may also go the the cigar lighter, make sure it is not shorting out.



Cigar lighter is on a separate "un-switched" circuit/fuse.


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Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 72roadrunnergtx] #721866
06/12/10 06:07 PM
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Your right. I went and looked at my '71 FSM.
I would unplug the radio, reverse switch (On the transmission), and the flasher. This should isolate the circuit. If the fuse blows (or has any current flow) with all these disconnected then there is a short in the wiring. I would then reconnect each connection and see which one results in the fuse blowing. Also, because you had the taillights worked on, I would put the car in reverse and make sure the reverse lights work, and there is no short between the reverse switch and the lights.
I would connect the flasher last. If the problem happens when the flasher is connected, you will need to start troubleshooting the turn signal wiring.

Re: help with the fuse box? 71 roadrunner [Re: 451Mopar] #721867
06/12/10 09:13 PM
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the neutral saftey switch wire was hitting the tail pipe fried the wire ...does anybody sell them







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