Tmac Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I finished my American Autowire Update kit!!! (not without help) It wasn't as bad as i thought and following suggestions from the group helped tremendously, thanks All said and done i had 2 big problems: my blower motor would not work on any speed and dome light/brake light fuse kept blowing when power was applied. I added courtesy lights under the dash and the instructions say to double the wires, into a series 56male terminal, from the connector that runs to the dome light back to the drivers side courtesy light.... now i have the crimpers from AAW and i did a pretty good job on the other terminals but apparently i cannot get these right. long story short i just used the factory wiring connectors in the dash harness for the console courtesy lights plugged it into the underdash lights and all works great!!! Blower motor 😒 would not work on any speed. After a good time every wire under the dash i reached out to JFT69z.... huge help!!!!! After a great discussion and some well needed knowledge on how the system works i was armed with some troubleshooting steps. The last thing Joe said was "does the motor WORK, is it bad?" Well of course it works, i bench tested it before i painted it and put it in. Got 12v to the motor it didn't work, ripped the fender off pulled motor out and found the ground was bad on the motor frame. Cleaned the paint off reattached the ground terminal and it works like a champ! My point to all this rambling is this: Installing a complete wiring harness, in my opinion, is a huge undertaking. When something does not work I look at the WHOLE thing thinking so many things to check and totally overlooked the the basic troubling shooting steps. Instead of thinking there is a thousand connections i just made which one is wrong, think smaller, basic steps first and it becomes so much more manageable. Secondly, ask for help before you go crazy!! AAW has a fantastic tech support and this forum is outstanding! Best $25 i've ever spent!!! tons of knowledge, experience and willingness to help perfect strangers!!! Thanks again to Joe for his help on a Sunday afternoon, he could've been watching football, but he was on the phone with me!😁👍 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jft69z Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 It was an absolute pleasure talking with you Terry, and thanks for the update on the wiring job. No doubt, it's a big job wiring up a complete car, but with the AAW kits, at least they have a quality product, very good documentation, and their support staff are very helpful if needed. The standard practice of "Check the obvious first" theory is usually a pretty good place to start, especially after making so many changes, like you did. As you said, it's easy to go in many directions after doing that though. I'm just as guilty sometimes, but getting back to the basics like checking for power at the device, fuses, etc may help eliminate chasing in the wrong direction, and zero in on the problem/solution. Glad it worked out for you. Now, go and make reservations for the hotel room at Carlisle like we discussed 😁. After attending one of the events, I guarantee you'll have an even greater appreciation for this forum and group of people. Once I attended the first one, there was no looking back, an absolute game changer meeting these people in person. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmac Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 I'm working on it! Lol 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jft69z Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, Tmac said: I'm working on it! Lol Fantastic! If you need any help at all or have any questions, don't hesitate to call. We'll help you any way we can. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOC Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 9 hours ago, Tmac said: I finished my American Autowire Update kit!!! (not without help) It wasn't as bad as i thought and following suggestions from the group helped tremendously, thanks Thanks again to Joe for his help on a Sunday afternoon, he could've been watching football, but he was on the phone with me!😁👍 Congrats on finishing the project! Bet it feels great to have that behind you. I have also benefited from the support provided on the Joe T automotive hotline. His support and advice is always dead on and giving up his free time is immensely appreciated. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Me too. Karen’s drivers side window wasn’t working so I pulled the master switch. When I pulled the plug off the switch all 15 of the wires came out of the plug and went everywhere. I called the hotline and we were able to figure out 12 of the 15 and made educated guess’s on the other three. Went together fine and worked. By the way that was like midnight. Thanks to Joe for the help and the great group we have that made these types of things possible. This was not known to me 3 years ago but now I’m better for it. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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