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Postby philosophicaljt » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:33 pm

I thought I needed to ground the other side of the cut to make sure the rest of the (taillight) circuit was complete?
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Postby [SMAN] » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:37 pm

philosophicaljt wrote:I thought I needed to ground the other side of the cut to make sure the rest of the (taillight) circuit was complete?


See that is where it doesn't make much sense, as far as the diagram shows, all that wire does is trigger the fog relay, nothing else. It just seems overly complicated for such a simple task.
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Postby philosophicaljt » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:41 pm

I agree. What from I understand, this is the area I should be looking for the green wire, pin4, I believe.

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Postby [SMAN] » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:44 pm

yes, the driver side J/B
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Postby philosophicaljt » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:46 pm

I'll post some pics here soon. its gonna be a long night :(
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Postby [SMAN] » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:49 pm

I can't stress this enough. MAKE SURE YOU METER BEFORE CUTTING, and make sure you wirethat 10A fuse in there to make it act like factory.
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Postby ---CAMRAZY--- » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:07 pm

philosophicaljt wrote:
---CAMRAZY--- wrote:Here you go.....

http://thatvideosite.com/video/2488


Don't forget the foil.... LOL.


Why the disrespect? Seriously not appreciated.


Seriously, it's not disrespect. If I were disrescting anyone I wouldn't help anyone out, like in your quest for HIR bulbs. Humor is key in life, don't take online poop serious especially what I type.
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Postby NeFaRiOuS_SLE » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:57 am

---CAMRAZY--- wrote:
philosophicaljt wrote:
---CAMRAZY--- wrote:Here you go.....

http://thatvideosite.com/video/2488


Don't forget the foil.... LOL.


Why the disrespect? Seriously not appreciated.


Seriously, it's not disrespect. If I were disrescting anyone I wouldn't help anyone out, like in your quest for HIR bulbs. Humor is key in life, don't take online poop serious especially what I type.


Philosophicaljt: I can understand where you're coming from and I know how you feel; I'm the type that takes jokes personally if you go too far (so there was a time I felt like playing kneecap baseball), but after a few shots of Patron and actually getting myself an FWB/steady snatch (I'm still not in the mood to deal with relationshits and all heartbreak/drivel/bullcrap that comes with the territory) :lol: , he's cool once you get used to his off-the-wall sense of humor... Anything that deals with genitals/sexual preferences are just that.
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Postby philosophicaljt » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:07 am

^^thanks. I was just stressed about stuff and took that way too seriously. Its hard to express emotion online, lol.

Its cool y'all :))

And of course I will meter everything. I have only been making electrical projects since I was 13, lol.

I know I sounded like an idiot, but I really do know what I am talking about when it comes to this stuff. I am just SO used to Honda EWD's and these are VERY different, i am just not used to them yet :)
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Postby [SMAN] » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:50 am

So, did it work?
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Postby philosophicaljt » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:52 am

haven't finished yet. I am making a write-up, and taking a lot of photos, so if this does work, others will know exactly how.

And I got disctracted watching Discovery Theatre, about crashes. I am a huge safety nut.
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Postby philosophicaljt » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:43 am

Well, small snag.

I cut the wire, everything still functions normally, absolutely no change.

I am going to get my meter out and get some readings, (which I'll post, and get back to y'all.)
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Postby [SMAN] » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:46 am

I wonder if you cut the wrong wire. Buy simply cutting that wire, your fog lights should no longer function at all.
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Postby philosophicaljt » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:49 am

I believe my problem is because I am at the wrong source. I believe that green wire at pin 4 is actually just a ground. So by cutting the wire, all i did was make the ECU use a different ground? But it is still controlling it.

Very confusing.

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Postby [SMAN] » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:50 am

That wire isn't a gruond wire, the long end of it (from pin 3) should be putting out +12V

Post some pictures of what you cut and the harness so i can see what you did.
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