Messed something up during my Escort Radar Hardwire
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Messed something up during my Escort Radar Hardwire
So last night I tackled the radar hardwire into the rear view mirror, with the help of my roommate and his father whose a soldering master.
We cut the black and black/red wire and soldered in the ground and power wires, respectively, bent them parrallel and heat shrinked them. This created a length problem with the black/orange wire being too long. So we cut that wire, soldered it back together using the same method so that they would be the same length as the others. Heat shrank that wire and then all three wires together.
Initially all seemed well, the heat shrink looked very much like the stock black plastic covering and overall the end result looked very clean. The radar detector and the auto dimming rear view mirror were still working. As I was pulling out I started to notice some things were amiss.
The low tire pressure light was on, and there were no readings for tire pressure in the guage pod. I thought for a second that the TPMS were messed up in my wheels since I just had new wheels put on, but then I noticed the cabin turn signal indicator lights were also non functioning. I also noticed that the garage door opener buttons didnt cause the green light on the rear view mirror to pulse as it normall does, so i'm assuming this also is inoperable.
Our theory is that we, at some point, blew a fuse by two of the wires touching. I dont think it could have been the fuse for the auto dimming mirror becuase both that and the radar detector still function, so it must have been whatever fuse goes with the black/orange wire.
Can anyone confirm this wire powers the garage door openers and is attached to a fuse that controls the other electronics I'm having an issue with?
We cut the black and black/red wire and soldered in the ground and power wires, respectively, bent them parrallel and heat shrinked them. This created a length problem with the black/orange wire being too long. So we cut that wire, soldered it back together using the same method so that they would be the same length as the others. Heat shrank that wire and then all three wires together.
Initially all seemed well, the heat shrink looked very much like the stock black plastic covering and overall the end result looked very clean. The radar detector and the auto dimming rear view mirror were still working. As I was pulling out I started to notice some things were amiss.
The low tire pressure light was on, and there were no readings for tire pressure in the guage pod. I thought for a second that the TPMS were messed up in my wheels since I just had new wheels put on, but then I noticed the cabin turn signal indicator lights were also non functioning. I also noticed that the garage door opener buttons didnt cause the green light on the rear view mirror to pulse as it normall does, so i'm assuming this also is inoperable.
Our theory is that we, at some point, blew a fuse by two of the wires touching. I dont think it could have been the fuse for the auto dimming mirror becuase both that and the radar detector still function, so it must have been whatever fuse goes with the black/orange wire.
Can anyone confirm this wire powers the garage door openers and is attached to a fuse that controls the other electronics I'm having an issue with?
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For future reference of anyone that searches and finds this thread.
After a little pulling of fuses and checking to see which was blown I determined which it was.
The fuse directly below the fuse puller, called ELEC PARTS, and is shaded black was the blown fuse.
It controlled the receiver for the TPMS, the Homelink system, the turn signal lights in the gauge pod, and the trip odometer memory. These are the systems that I noticed, there might be more that are effected as well.
It was an easy pull and plug using the extra replacement fuse located on the far right of the fusebox.
After a little pulling of fuses and checking to see which was blown I determined which it was.
The fuse directly below the fuse puller, called ELEC PARTS, and is shaded black was the blown fuse.
It controlled the receiver for the TPMS, the Homelink system, the turn signal lights in the gauge pod, and the trip odometer memory. These are the systems that I noticed, there might be more that are effected as well.
It was an easy pull and plug using the extra replacement fuse located on the far right of the fusebox.
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