something started smoking
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TECH Junkie
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From: Chi-Town
something started smoking i wired my lockup switch today since my pcm is out of the car. i got the right wire and all, but heres the weird part. when it put it all back together, and pushed the button for a second or two, something started to smoke <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> . i ripped it all apart and couldnt find out what was smoking. i pushed i pushed it again and it didnt smoke anymore. i have the switch in my ashtray, along with the slp fan switch/leds, mccord power plate/led. i grabbed the ground off the mccpower plate ground. when i pushed the button it would make the led for the mcpp flicker for a second. i decided to run a whole new ground from the engine, just to make sure there was no funny business <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> . Got it all wired up, pushed the button and no smoke.
what do you think the smoke was from?? it was from inside the actual ashtray. think maybe a wire touched something it wasnt supposed to? any ideas of what fuses to check. the fan and mccp both work, so i dont think i blew the gound fuse. and the pcm isnt even in the car, so the other end of the wire pretty much goes to nowhere <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0">
also, whats the p/n on the TCS plate for the firebirds? i have so many wires in there that i aciddentally broke the bottom of it trying to push it on.
what do you think the smoke was from?? it was from inside the actual ashtray. think maybe a wire touched something it wasnt supposed to? any ideas of what fuses to check. the fan and mccp both work, so i dont think i blew the gound fuse. and the pcm isnt even in the car, so the other end of the wire pretty much goes to nowhere <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0">
also, whats the p/n on the TCS plate for the firebirds? i have so many wires in there that i aciddentally broke the bottom of it trying to push it on.
