whitneyd

This weekend I go out to move the car and it won't start. I listen for the fuel pump and it's not coming on. I know it's not bad because I just changed it less than a month ago. So I break out the multi meter do some test and narrow it down to the fuse box. So in I go. I find the solder joint that has boken and solder it back up. I put the fuse box back in and it fires right up. After a few seconds of feeling proud of myself I notice that my lights are on. I go to turn them off and the switch is off. I also notice my engine fans are on which shouldn't be because I just started it up. So I shut it down and they all go off. I turn the key forward to the last click and sure enough they come on again. I think to myself maybe I put to much solder in and it's touching somewhere. So back in I go and test between the points that I soldered and the points that operate the fans and the lights. No connectivity. F@#$ me I've got a short. I tried tracing all the wires and didn't find a single thing. Has anyone had this kind of a problem before? Also, will a fuse box out of a normal Escort work in a Cossy? Sorry for the essay I'm proper pissed off!!!

vroooom ptssssh

doh, that's a pisser i know how u feel when u get a silly annoying problem u cant fix

whitneyd

Any one put an aftermarket fuse box in thier Esccos????

WutangRS

comman prob with the escort cossies apparently. thing you have to change the fuse box to sort that

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

as long as its got the same part no mate itll work.

ive sold the one i had, but first, why not try resoldering the whole fusebox, thats what i did on my cabby when that went tits up and it was fine since.

St3V3_C

Is it the same as any escort?

No - but some others do fit - look for one with ABS and Electric windows as a starting point...

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

ie RS2000

whitneyd

I would resolder it but it's double layered so if it's f@#cked in between the layers there is no way of getting in there to fix it.

Thanks St3V3 C I'll start looking.

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

yeah i know mate, i took the solder iron to anything i could touch

whitneyd

I've done all the joints that I could reach but I'm wondering if the circut strips in between have come lose and started touching between the two. It's weird because I can take the fuse out for the fans and they stay on, but for the lights if I take out the fuses they go out. Has anyone had their temp switch short out and cause something like this. Usually with a short if you wiggle the wires around the short will open and close letting you know about where its at but I wiggled the shit out of the wires and they never went off. BTW the guy living next to me saw the car shaking and he thought I was stuck under it or something and came over to help out I think it's got to be a component