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messed up c-10 · 10-04-2003, 11:45 PM

Ok. I thought I could fix this on my own but I'm runing into some problems. A couple of days ago I tried putting a dome light into my truck. I used the wrong kind by mistake. My dome light uses to prongs and I used a light that has one prong. When I stuck it in my light under the dash kind of flickered and went out and my radio went off. I took the light out and my lower light came back on but my radio and in-dash clock didn't. The radio lights up but it wont come on. I looked through the fuse box and I can't find any burned out fuses. I'll be heading out there in the morning to go back to work so any help you guys can give would be great.

Russell · 10-05-2003, 02:18 AM

Sounds like you might have fried your radio... Is your dash clock a digital clock? If so, you may have fried it too...

I've had the same thing happen before, lots of lights, but no noise, had to get a new radio

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 02:29 AM

my dash clock is analog. Oh well. If I did fry it then I guess that will make me install that new one I got instead of putting it off.

Russell · 10-05-2003, 02:32 AM

Hmm... thats odd, your clock shouldn't have been fried by a short... Maybe one or two wires melted together somewhere?

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 02:39 AM

I hope I don't have any melted wires. Its a pain to have to get in there behind the dash to fix things. I might pull the headliner off tommorow to check the wires to the dome light to figure out why it wont work ( it hasnt worked since I bought the truck). It did something like this before but before it just blew a fuse.

Russell · 10-05-2003, 02:41 AM

Yeah, I typically blow the fuse too...

My dome light has never worked either, nor with the light under the dash, its really dark in that truck at night, and my guages are really dim too, lol, hopefully this chrome paint will help with the guages...

How exactly does one get the headliner off without wrecking stuff? I would really like to fix my dome light too

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 02:45 AM

I just figured if you handled if carefully it shouldn't mess it up, but I could be wrong. I havn't removed a headliner before.

Russell · 10-05-2003, 02:46 AM

Any tips you have later on would be nice

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 02:52 AM

here's a pic of my newer radio that I need to install. I've been thinking of getting one of those Headliners from JC Whitney or LMC with four speakers in it and a slot for the radio.

Mike76251 · 10-05-2003, 04:37 AM

You are a brave guy putting in Alpine stuff!!
I bought Alpine for quite a few years (always their best) and kept having lots of problems.
The biggest problem was always the cheap plastic gears inside coming apart and a few scrambled controller chips.

stan79chevy · 10-05-2003, 08:11 AM

did you pop your radio out and see if it was the fuse on the back of the radio? thats what happened to mine.

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike76251
You are a brave guy putting in Alpine stuff!!
I bought Alpine for quite a few years (always their best) and kept having lots of problems.
The biggest problem was always the cheap plastic gears inside coming apart and a few scrambled controller chips.

The radio and cd changer only cost me $100. So if anything goes breaks I'm not out a whole lot.

79Chevypickup · 10-05-2003, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by stan79chevy
did you pop your radio out and see if it was the fuse on the back of the radio? thats what happened to mine.

Thats what I was thinking too!!!!

Mike76251 · 10-05-2003, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by messed up c-10

The radio and cd changer only cost me $100. So if anything goes breaks I'm not out a whole lot.

I hear ya',
I bet that stuff cost $600+ new and I KNOW why it has such a low resale value.

Kinda' like when I put a cassette player on my lawnmower and someone on here asked "What? no CD player"
The cassette player was free.

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by stan79chevy
did you pop your radio out and see if it was the fuse on the back of the radio? thats what happened to mine.

Do you have to open up the radio to replace the fuse because I can't find a fuse back there. I replaced the glass fuse in the little black box even though it wasnt blown and it didn't do anything.

Mike76251 · 10-05-2003, 12:12 PM

Is that little black box just a fuse holder or does it look like there is more to it?
It could be a 12v to 12v converter.

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 12:26 PM

there is more to it. I'll go get a pic of it real quick.

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 12:40 PM

there are two glass fuses in the box. Here is the inside.

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 12:41 PM

here is the outside of the box.

Mike76251 · 10-05-2003, 01:22 PM

Thats a 12v to 12v converter,
Glad you have a camera!
Check for 12v on the other side of the supply line going to it.

Prerunner1982 · 10-05-2003, 01:49 PM

headliners are easy to get out, just pull the trim panels, above doors, and front and rear windows. it should almost just fall out. you also have to drop the dome light so it can slip through the hole. the wires for the dome light, run through the roof, NOT the headliner. so there is really no need to pull the headliner to check.

*1FaastC10* · 10-05-2003, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike76251
You are a brave guy putting in Alpine stuff!!
I bought Alpine for quite a few years (always their best) and kept having lots of problems.
The biggest problem was always the cheap plastic gears inside coming apart and a few scrambled controller chips.

the new stuff isnt bad at all. my 3 best friends all use Alpine head units, and had Alpine amps up until a couple months ago. all 3 of them have competition quality systems. i have an Alpine CDA-9811 in my 91, and i love it.

messed up c-10 · 10-05-2003, 05:37 PM

I replaced both fuses in the 12v to 12v converter and it didn't do anything. I'm starting to wonder if I did short out my gauge clock and radio, but if I did short them out how come nothing else shorted out?

crackajacka · 10-05-2003, 06:14 PM

did u look inside the deck yet? my sony xplod has 1 fuse at the back which gets covered by the harness that plugs into the back and 2 inside one for the lights n stuff and one for the output (i think)

stan79chevy · 10-05-2003, 09:21 PM

id use a test light to see if you have power to the radio. also follow the wires to see if there is an inline fuse anywhere. it takes alot to fry a radio. usually wires will melt first.

use the test light before the converter and after it may be defective

10-04-2003, 11:45 PM	#1
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	electric problems Ok. I thought I could fix this on my own but I'm runing into some problems. A couple of days ago I tried putting a dome light into my truck. I used the wrong kind by mistake. My dome light uses to prongs and I used a light that has one prong. When I stuck it in my light under the dash kind of flickered and went out and my radio went off. I took the light out and my lower light came back on but my radio and in-dash clock didn't. The radio lights up but it wont come on. I looked through the fuse box and I can't find any burned out fuses. I'll be heading out there in the morning to go back to work so any help you guys can give would be great. __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 02:18 AM	#2
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Sounds like you might have fried your radio... Is your dash clock a digital clock? If so, you may have fried it too... I've had the same thing happen before, lots of lights, but no noise, had to get a new radio __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

10-05-2003, 02:29 AM	#3
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	my dash clock is analog. Oh well. If I did fry it then I guess that will make me install that new one I got instead of putting it off. __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 02:32 AM	#4
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Hmm... thats odd, your clock shouldn't have been fried by a short... Maybe one or two wires melted together somewhere? __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

10-05-2003, 02:39 AM	#5
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	I hope I don't have any melted wires. Its a pain to have to get in there behind the dash to fix things. I might pull the headliner off tommorow to check the wires to the dome light to figure out why it wont work ( it hasnt worked since I bought the truck). It did something like this before but before it just blew a fuse. __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 02:41 AM	#6
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Yeah, I typically blow the fuse too... My dome light has never worked either, nor with the light under the dash, its really dark in that truck at night, and my guages are really dim too, lol, hopefully this chrome paint will help with the guages... How exactly does one get the headliner off without wrecking stuff? I would really like to fix my dome light too __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

10-05-2003, 02:45 AM	#7
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	I just figured if you handled if carefully it shouldn't mess it up, but I could be wrong. I havn't removed a headliner before. __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 02:46 AM	#8
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Any tips you have later on would be nice __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

10-05-2003, 02:52 AM	#9
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	here's a pic of my newer radio that I need to install. I've been thinking of getting one of those Headliners from JC Whitney or LMC with four speakers in it and a slot for the radio. Attached Images __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 04:37 AM	#10
Mike76251 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,499	You are a brave guy putting in Alpine stuff!! I bought Alpine for quite a few years (always their best) and kept having lots of problems. The biggest problem was always the cheap plastic gears inside coming apart and a few scrambled controller chips.

10-05-2003, 08:11 AM	#11
stan79chevy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: COVINGTON GEORGIA Posts: 477	messed up c-10 did you pop your radio out and see if it was the fuse on the back of the radio? thats what happened to mine.

10-05-2003, 12:12 PM	#16
Mike76251 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,499	Is that little black box just a fuse holder or does it look like there is more to it? It could be a 12v to 12v converter.

10-05-2003, 12:26 PM	#17
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	there is more to it. I'll go get a pic of it real quick. __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 12:40 PM	#18
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	there are two glass fuses in the box. Here is the inside. Attached Images __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 12:41 PM	#19
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	here is the outside of the box. Attached Images __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter



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10-05-2003, 01:22 PM	#20
Mike76251 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,499	Thats a 12v to 12v converter, Glad you have a camera! Check for 12v on the other side of the supply line going to it.

10-05-2003, 01:49 PM	#21
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	headliners are easy to get out, just pull the trim panels, above doors, and front and rear windows. it should almost just fall out. you also have to drop the dome light so it can slip through the hole. the wires for the dome light, run through the roof, NOT the headliner. so there is really no need to pull the headliner to check. __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

10-05-2003, 05:37 PM	#23
messed up c-10 RHCP afficianado Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: McLoud, OK Posts: 789	I replaced both fuses in the 12v to 12v converter and it didn't do anything. I'm starting to wonder if I did short out my gauge clock and radio, but if I did short them out how come nothing else shorted out? __________________ ~Ryan~ 89 S-10 Blazer with a 4.3L 96 Ford Crown Vic P71 4.6L V8. This car rocks. Here are some links to some good music. Jack Johnson Donavon Frankenreiter

10-05-2003, 06:14 PM	#24
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	did u look inside the deck yet? my sony xplod has 1 fuse at the back which gets covered by the harness that plugs into the back and 2 inside one for the lights n stuff and one for the output (i think) __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

10-05-2003, 09:21 PM	#25
stan79chevy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: COVINGTON GEORGIA Posts: 477	do you have a test light id use a test light to see if you have power to the radio. also follow the wires to see if there is an inline fuse anywhere. it takes alot to fry a radio. usually wires will melt first. use the test light before the converter and after it may be defective

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