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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Enlil]
#22094984 - 08/15/15 02:10 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Will when I can. There's a thread about the A/C system on the Mazda forums and apparently our switches are notorious for getting burned out. They've also given a way to test if it's the switch by just jumping the power pin to the different settings that correspond to the different settings the dial selects.

I was gonna test this earlier but figured out it wasn't going to be quite as easy to remove as I thought, so decided to wait til later in the day.
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Shroomslip]
#22095004 - 08/15/15 02:18 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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 The two wires are positive and negative.
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Shroomslip]
#22095091 - 08/15/15 02:47 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Then I'd just toss some female 1/4" blade connectors on two wires, plug them in, and tap them to the battery.
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Enlil]
#22095167 - 08/15/15 03:07 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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"I think the switch is bad, so I'll test every fucking other thing on the car EXCEPT the switch."

Here comes another 9 pages of BS.
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From the start, I said it was probably the switch or the plug.
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I don't think OP will listen to you until about page 15, then it will be a half-arsed attempt at that.
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Enlil]
#22095232 - 08/15/15 03:23 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Not the switch. Tested with both multimeter and the jumper system proposed on the Mazda forums. There is no power being fed to it.
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Arctic W. Fox said: "I think the switch is bad, so I'll test every fucking other thing on the car EXCEPT the switch."

Here comes another 9 pages of BS.
Only thing that has stopped me from testing certain things when they were brought up is the heat. Everything I tested before other stuff was stuff that was easily accessible and could be done in a minute or two. Pulling fuses took me awhile (especially thanks to the jacked up layout they have in this car) pulling the panel off so I could test the switch took me awhile. Would've tested even earlier but it was raining. It started raining in the middle of me trying to determine if power and ground was even getting to the motor.
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Shroomslip]
#22095298 - 08/15/15 03:37 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
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Power diagram of his alien spaceship/time machine.
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Shroomslip]
#22095324 - 08/15/15 03:43 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Figured it out (unless it's on by a fluke). After finding out the switch wasn't the problem I looked at the wiring and found a loose connector. Dunno how it got that way, never got up under the dash before trying to fix this. May of been like that when we bought it and it finally got jarred loose. Whatever the reason, it's working now. Car is back to the condition we bought it in.
Can go ahead and close the thread if you want. Any further help I need (if I ever do) will be completely different.
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Shroomslip]
#22095663 - 08/15/15 05:09 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Congrats!
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: koraks]
#22095686 - 08/15/15 05:14 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks. Feels good to have everything back to normal without really spending much to get it that way. All the parts I ordered are here, so got it all back to normal just in time. Battery and alternator both seem to be fine, no clue why the battery was initially low, maybe left a light on or something by mistake. But after jumping it and letting it run last night, the battery got charged back up and it held the charge over night. Battery is now reading a solid 12.47 volts (and holding). Also checked the alternator output like I said I was going to as soon as I had it running, and go the 14+ volts I expected. I'll keep an eye on it just in case but I think all is good now.
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: Shroomslip]
#22095807 - 08/15/15 05:48 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well that meter just paid for itself good job dude
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Re: Car help, won't start. [Re: rackem]
#22095839 - 08/15/15 05:55 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I already had the meter. I do need a better one though. It's good for general purpose but it leaves a lot to be desired when trying to diagnose car issues. For instance the ohm setting only goes down to tenths. Lot of the ohm tests require going to hundredths. The DC volt testing just randomly jumps around (in hundreds of volts scale and dipping down into the negative) when it doesn't detect a voltage, the 12v battery tester option doesn't however. I've tested both on known good, full batteries, both car and AA, and the volts check out though. I use both settings to confirm readings just in case.
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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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