no tail lights

[Screech]

I put in a JVC KD-S5050 cd hu in my buddys car the hu works fine but he dosent have tail lights or lights in his instrument cluster. Can anybody help?

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

check the fuses?

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

you must have shorted some fuses out when you hooked the thing up. Go check those and get back to us. Sounds like it might be a couple different ones actually.

 

[Screech]

the fuses were good when i cheked them. There is also another wire that isnt hooked up to anything I think it is for the dimmer on the factory radio what should i do with it. btw its a 94 mitsu mirage.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

have u checked the lights fluid level under the hood?

should be right next to the radiator, the resevior was of the right side if i remember correctly, lol maybe left... who knows but it should be there somewhere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i hate when that shit runs low, pain in the *** to change

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

have u checked the lights fluid level under the hood?

should be right next to the radiator, the resevior was of the right side if i remember correctly, lol maybe left... who knows but it should be there somewhere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i hate when that shit runs low, pain in the *** to change

oh ya, make sure you check the lights fluid resoivor

on my Impala, sometimes there gets to be some sediments in my fluid and if i dont flush the system, it can get clogged

it should be right next to the radiator though, i hope you dont have a clog, those are not fun to deal with...

 

[Screech]

Some body please help. Hello is anybody there?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

did you read mine and tegs posts?

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

ehh do either of the tail lights work?

i remember when one of my back bulbs blew it messed up like all the lights back there, i dont know why but it did //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

so check ur bulbs and fuses (in car and under hood)

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

yeah you might have gotten some air bubbles in the lines make sure to bleed them properly--they sell 1 man bleeder kits at autozone for like 4 bucks.....

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

you must have shorted some fuses out when you hooked the thing up. Go check those and get back to us. Sounds like it might be a couple different ones actually.

yep

have u checked the lights fluid level under the hood?

should be right next to the radiator, the resevior was of the right side if i remember correctly, lol maybe left... who knows but it should be there somewhere //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

i hate when that shit runs low, pain in the *** to change

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=70729&highlight=blinker+fluid

 

[mrray13 10+ year member]

make sure u have no bare wires under the dash. cap every wire not used when installing a h/u....helps to prevent shorts...

teg brought up a good point...check all the bulbs.....sometimes when one goes, none work. (usually just on one side, but who knows?)

the fluid though....hmmmmmm....isn't blinker fluid expensive? like $12-15 a pint? my system is sealed, so i don't have to worry about that.....

muffler grease, however....wheeeewwww.....i'd never thought i'd reach that zerk fittin tucked up on the other side of the darn thing...and the manual says u can only regrease when hot....i've got burns all over my arms.......

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/peace.gif.2db28b618ed8d1964ebbe2f5021d2c39.gif

 

[Screech]

i found the problem it had a bad ground and kept blowing fuses forgot to check the ones under the hood