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Old 11-16-2006, 02:49 PM
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blowing fues..help needed

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I have a 89 Firebird that keeps blowing the Gagues fuse. I removed gague cluster and I am still blowing the 10 amp fuse. I really dont know where to T/S this one. Any information will be greatly apprecitaed.

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Look in the back of your repair manual (you do have one right?) and follow the wires that come out of that fuse. Then grab a multi-meter and try and find the draw by plugging in one item at a time until you see the load.
Old 11-16-2006, 04:22 PM
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found the problem, it was the transmission lock out ckt. Just intalled new tranny, to I checked there first.

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