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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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a while ago my girlfriends firebird defroster stopped working because the damn terminal on the window came off. i saudered it back on and it works..but it turns itself off after maybe 10 minutes, then you have to way another 5 minutes or so for it to let you turn it back on again. now is this always like this? is the defroster on a set timer or autoshut-off once it reaches a certain temp? or is it a short or something that's throwing it off? i figured it cant be a fuse since it keeps working later on.

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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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its a fuse. in T/A u can double check that if the power seat works but since she a has a firebird u cant do that. change the fuse and should fix it.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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is this a fuse in the interior fuse box? is it marked as what it is or does it have a code for that fuse?
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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should be when u open the driver side door. and the cover that comes off has a diagram on it for what fuse it is.
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thanks also..how the hell do you shrink your sig? do you just have to shrink the original pic and upload it like that or can you change the parameters of the pic for the sig?
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yea once a mod sees that pic its gone. u can do it in paint. load the pic in paint and then go to image at the top then click on stretch/skew. and change the horizontal and vertical numbers to like 75 on each. after that just play with it a big u should be able to figure it out from there
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got it, thanks
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yup, good luck with that fuse
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