Dash Lights & Tail Lights Not Working...

[usmair]

hey guys,

i moved my audio system from my old car into the skyline on the weekend and now my dash lights and my tail lights arent working...

im pretty sure they are connected to the same fuse so i checked em all and they all seem fine... i even changed some around to make sure they were all good... but it still wouldnt work

then i ripped open the interior dash again to see if all the wiring was still connected and it all seemed fine..

the dash and tail lights were working before i put the system in.. so it must be that i have blown a fuse or havent connected a wire bak properly...

btw I have a pioneer head unit... 6" at the front, 6x9s at the back and 2 amps... which are running the speakers and 2 subs... im not sure if its the power thats making the lights not work...

Any ideas on whats wrong? I cant seam to figure it out... and i dun wanna take the car out tonite without any tail lights

any help is appreciated

thanks guys

Umair..

[infamous_t]

You've used a wire off the stereo loom to ground your stereo huh?

I did the same when I installed mine... happens a bit... just change this to ground to earth(bare metal/screws etc) and replace blown fuse in fuse panel

[usmair]

yeh i juz used the earth from the standard head unit n hooked it up to the new one...

thanks man... ill give that a go tomorrow

cheers

[usmair]

i've just connected the ground for the head unit thu a screw and hooked up the one of the loom into another screw... and now not only isnt my lights working... my signals have just shut off lol...

HELP!!!

[infamous_t]

??

Ground off stereo should be ground to earth, 'ground' coming from loom should be left untouched, connected to nothing!

[usmair]

yeh i fixed that up... so now ground to the stereo is running of a screw... and its working fine... i got the blinkers working again... and the ground from the loom isnt hooked up to anything...

but my lights still arent working lol

n all auto electricians are off on xmas holidayz

all the fuses are working fine except the third down in the left colum (10A - Starter Indicator).... i checked it wit the screw driver thingi wit the light in it...even without the fuse its not gettin any power. n i did try changing them around but still nothin.. i dunno if thats related sumhow...

ah well... no driving at night time for a while i guess

if neone has an info lemme know

thanks

Edited December 22, 2007 by usmair

[infamous_t]

There is another fuse panel in the dash(drivers side area, under steer wheel, on a 32 anyway),check here not the engine bay fuse box.

Remove fuse to check, things like globes will still sometimes show continuity (light the tester globe) when connected.

Inspect fuse by eye(blown fuse is usually noticable) and if looks ok try tester.

Test all your fuses if all else fails...

btw. No fuse means no light, light can't work without a fuse.

On my 32 I got around the problem until I worked it out was use the fog lamp button on dash, not sure if 33s are setup the same but worth a shot.

Attached is English translation of fuse box

R33_fusebox_eng.pdf