messed up my car! electricians help me please.
02-05-2007, 02:04 AM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
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so it turns out i already have a soldering gun and solder, and my dad just showed me how to use it and i practices a while and i think i can do it. but after i do that how do i reset the computer? just in case we messed something up while doing this.
so it turns out i already have a soldering gun and solder, and my dad just showed me how to use it and i practices a while and i think i can do it. but after i do that how do i reset the computer? just in case we messed something up while doing this.
02-05-2007, 02:23 AM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
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You know, I can't think off hand what you might have done to make the car react like it is doing after ONLY cutting ONE wire, twisting it back together and taping it with electrical tape. Twisting the wires back together is a fine temporary fix to a cut wire. Soldering them together is the permanent fix. But twisting the wires together should have been sufficient enough to re-establish the connection. You might want to back track a bit to see what else you have done that could result in the car reacting the way it is. You can reset the computer by disconnecting the ground wire for 15 minuets or so, but if there is an electrical problem, resetting the computer isn't going to help.
ORIGINAL: therapist
so it turns out i already have a soldering gun and solder, and my dad just showed me how to use it and i practices a while and i think i can do it. but after i do that how do i reset the computer? just in case we messed something up while doing this.
so it turns out i already have a soldering gun and solder, and my dad just showed me how to use it and i practices a while and i think i can do it. but after i do that how do i reset the computer? just in case we messed something up while doing this.
The car should run with the wires just twisted together. If it doesn't run now, it isn't gonna run afterwards.
I would double check your wires to make sure they are connected good and then check to make sure they are in the right position. something else must be messed up.
You did remove the neg batt cable before cutting any of the ECU wires right?
02-05-2007, 03:12 AM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
Which wires were they? Under the steering wheelish? It's really hard to completely fry the electrical system; at worst its probably a fuse. The box under the steering wheel; I highly doubt you shorted out a high amperage one unless you really really ****ed something up.
02-05-2007, 04:09 AM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
Im not sure I understand the entire problem.... the wires wouldnt splice together why? Wrong connectors? Or wrong splicing tool? You can get a splicer at any Auto Zone or the like... it will have the corect splicer size for whatever size wire you could be possibly splicing on a car... its just a matter of removing the plastic sheathing and sticken some wires together! I would recon to say the problem lies not in the splicer or connector but the slpicee or connectee! Wht wire did you cut that would have anything to do with how the car runs? It should run fine without a tach i would think...
02-05-2007, 04:14 AM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
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. after we cut them we realized they were way too tight to fit into the crimpers they provided. they pull themselves out.
. after we cut them we realized they were way too tight to fit into the crimpers they provided. they pull themselves out.
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02-05-2007, 04:06 PM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
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This is where you lose me... the wires pull themselves out of what exactley? And exactley what does "they were way to tight" mean? What was too tight?
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. after we cut them we realized they were way too tight to fit into the crimpers they provided. they pull themselves out.
. after we cut them we realized they were way too tight to fit into the crimpers they provided. they pull themselves out.
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02-05-2007, 06:54 PM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
well i went to solder them together today and i found that one of the wires wasnt even touching inside of the electrical tape. soldered them all together and it runs fine now. but will solder hold? like is that a permanent fix or should i take it to someone to actually FIX it. oh and i'm definately not putting the new tach on cuz i'm officially scared of wiring jobs. do u think a car audio/visual shop would do that cuz they are good at wiring? or where?
02-05-2007, 07:36 PM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
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well i went to solder them together today and i found that one of the wires wasnt even touching inside of the electrical tape. soldered them all together and it runs fine now. but will solder hold? like is that a permanent fix or should i take it to someone to actually FIX it. oh and i'm definately not putting the new tach on cuz i'm officially scared of wiring jobs. do u think a car audio/visual shop would do that cuz they are good at wiring? or where?
well i went to solder them together today and i found that one of the wires wasnt even touching inside of the electrical tape. soldered them all together and it runs fine now. but will solder hold? like is that a permanent fix or should i take it to someone to actually FIX it. oh and i'm definately not putting the new tach on cuz i'm officially scared of wiring jobs. do u think a car audio/visual shop would do that cuz they are good at wiring? or where?
You would be wasting your money taking it somewhere; all they would do is solder it and put heat shrink on it.
02-05-2007, 07:41 PM
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RE: messed up my car! electricians help me please.
Never ever use crimp connectors for anything! (Unless they are Mil spec maybe) They cause nothing but problems and save no time at all compared to soldering. Solder every connection then if you have an electrical problem later you dont have to wonder if the crapy crimps are still holding.