not your usual OD problem
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not your usual OD problem
I was taking apart my dash and arced the POT and the map lite out on each other.
Now I have no OD. What did I burn up? It popped the fuse for the interior lights. Did I burn up the POT switch? Help need OD soon for the highway trip tomorrow.
Now I have no OD. What did I burn up? It popped the fuse for the interior lights. Did I burn up the POT switch? Help need OD soon for the highway trip tomorrow.
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Either you wacked the PCU, or the pot and/or other sensors by hitting them with relatively unrestrained (amps vs milliamps) 12V.
Measure the voltage available at the pot when the key is on. Should be 5V at one end, ground at the other, and the middle one depends on the position.
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Well after poking around. Behind the dash after work Tuesday night, still no blower motor but the overdrive is working now!
I don't know why or what could have fixed it but it works.
I don't know why or what could have fixed it but it works.
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I wouldn't feel so confident that the trouble is past, if I were you.
You may well have seared the resistance strip in the POT, maybe adjusting it around re-seated the finger, or whatever that type of set-up uses.
I'd get another pot assembly and keep it on hand, or install it.
Keep in mind, it's ALWAYS when you go on the road after something like this happens, that it turns into the hell ride of your life.
I believe in Mr. Murphy.
Mr. Murphy's Law has kicked my butt a few times before!
I try to make sure that his law isn't part of my way of life, by using another anecdote:
"A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
To that end, I say carry something that you can hotwire the O/D with, in case 'ol Murphy applies "The Law".
Mark.
You may well have seared the resistance strip in the POT, maybe adjusting it around re-seated the finger, or whatever that type of set-up uses.
I'd get another pot assembly and keep it on hand, or install it.
Keep in mind, it's ALWAYS when you go on the road after something like this happens, that it turns into the hell ride of your life.
I believe in Mr. Murphy.
Mr. Murphy's Law has kicked my butt a few times before!
I try to make sure that his law isn't part of my way of life, by using another anecdote:
"A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
To that end, I say carry something that you can hotwire the O/D with, in case 'ol Murphy applies "The Law".
Mark.