All those wire junctions are under the console (Purple, Green, Red/Orange, etc). Have you damaged either of the two harnesses that pass under the console? It's easy to pierce them with the trim screws that hold the shift boot plate. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > > > I spent today hunting the ground that's blowing the #12 fuse. > > I unplugged everything that I could get access to; engine compt. > light, bonnet light, dome lights, glove box light, door switches and > courtesy light harnesses inside the doors. I have NOT pulled the T- > panel yet. > > In the wiring diagram, at the fusebox, brown feeds the fuse, and > purple coming from the fuse distributes the power to all of the > above items. They are turned on/off by switching ground as we all > already know. > > The must be a very bad ground on the purple distribution wire > because I put my multimeter on the purple side of the fuse at the > fusebox and touched a ground point and the meter indicated a > connection. Brown and purple should both indicated an open circuit. > The ground must be deeper in the core of the harness. > > The diagram indicates a purple wire junction point where the shorter > legs all come together before the main wire goes to the fuse. > Perhaps someone can direct me to this junction point. > > If I can disconnect each item one at a time at the junction point, > and test for the ground, it'll tell me where the bad wire is. > > Rich A > #5335 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/