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[big bad blazer]

Hey guys so I need some help I'm sitting at a 711 and have no lights horn and its not the fuses. It's like all the stuff that should be off when the black out switch is on so what could it be

 

[combat32]

Light switch maybe, just replaced mine had some similar problems and it cured mine.

 

[big bad blazer]

But did you have no horn

 

[Flyingvan911]

Check the grounds. Ground points on CUCV's are known to be troublesome.

 

[davey8943]

I would start looking at things like battery connection, battery cables, main ground....

Since the horn is hot all the time, it just about has to be a battery connection problem.

Does anything electrical work?

Dave

**edit** I am assuming your working on a deuce... maybe your talking about the M1009 in your sig? I am not sure about the horn being hot in the CUCV...

 

[big bad blazer]

Do you know where the ground points are I can't pull up the tms I'm on my phone

 

[big bad blazer]

The winshild wipers work and the radio

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

I would start looking at things like battery connection, battery cables, main ground....

Since the horn is hot all the time, it just about has to be a battery connection problem.

Does anything electrical work?

Dave

the horn only works when the service light switch is in the on position.

give the 30 amp fuse a wiggle and see if that helps

 

[big bad blazer]

Yes its a I'm talking about a 09

 

[combatmech]

Where are you? I'm at work in Norfolk. I could come give you a hand later on......

 

[Warthog]

More than likely it is the 30amp headlight fuse. It controls almost all the dash electrical system. That is why the overload and melt the socket.

 

[hotdogs151a2]

The last 09 I had, had the same problem. The problem was the 30 amp fuse/ breaker. I found it very hot when I touched it. I removed it with my Gerber pliers, poured water over it to cool it off and reinstalled it. The lights worked again. I later replaced it. Good Luck, Pvt Hotdog

 

[doghead]

Did you phone die too?

How about an update.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Did you phone die too?

How about an update.

Hmmm!

 

[lindyp38]

i had that same problem....it was the 30amp fuse........mine went the first time..i was driving.......all of a sudden..no lights......thank god..i had a flash light..and plenty of fuses onhand......

 

[998Junkie]

I had the same as the others. Smelled burning plastic could never find the source, one day no lights or horn. Checked the fuses and all looked good, logged in here did a search and concentrated on the 30 amp fuse. Looked at it again and then I decided to pull it out and check it, It came out but one leg was fused to the box and then I could see a little heat deformation of the fuse. A little work and leg was out and new fuse in and no problems since then.

This site saved me a lot of wasted time replacing and tearing things apart.

 

[mistaken1]

IR2 heating. Resistance in a circuit causes heat as current flows.

If the contacts at the 30A fuse are dirty/corroded then there is high resistance at that point. Also loose connections cause high resistance. Resistance equals heat, dirty/loose/corroded contact points are now acting like stove top heating elements.

As the old timers err uhh experience members point out again and again clean all the electrical contacts and make sure the connections are tight to eliminate unwanted resistance and the accompanying heat damage to electrical components.

 

[big bad blazer]

Did you phone die too?

How about an update.

sorry well i got it home didnt have time to look at it but i might have time to take a look at it today

 

[big bad blazer]

I had the same as the others. Smelled burning plastic could never find the source, one day no lights or horn. Checked the fuses and all looked good, logged in here did a search and concentrated on the 30 amp fuse. Looked at it again and then I decided to pull it out and check it, It came out but one leg was fused to the box and then I could see a little heat deformation of the fuse. A little work and leg was out and new fuse in and no problems since then.

This site saved me a lot of wasted time replacing and tearing things apart.

yeah i smelled the same thing last time i drove it

 

[big bad blazer]

well it was the 30 amp fuse and it was all melted but why would it blow