i replace it and it keeps blowing everytime i start the car! i have no headlights or speedo/tach at the moment. someone help!!!!

 

anyone? i really need help..the speedo is the least of my worries. i want the headlights working. i even took out the wires that i extended for the a/c panel, no wires are touching, and it still does this. i really dont know what to do at this point. im getting worried...

 

check the toggle switch wires

 

those are plugged in as normal, would that have anything to do with it? i didnt cut into those.

 

Umm...That implies you cut into something....What was it?

 

Umm...That implies you cut into something....What was it?

Fer sure. If you were poking around somewhere with sharp thingies, you need to go back to that point and 'unfix' whatever you were fixing.
-skip-

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=135387

 

Looks to me like you created your own nightmare. I don't think anyone here is going to be able to help you....

 

this isnt good.

 

Gotta agree with skip. Go back and undo what you did and keep your fingers crossed.

Good Luck

 

Oh man, bad, very bad. You shouldn't have cut into wirings unless you know exactly what they were. Go get yourself a Bentley manual ASAP! Before you fried something very expensive... like ECU.

 

After reading your other post, I'd say look at those two red/white wires that you weren't sure of.
I gotta tell ya though: I was an electronics tech in the service, and I'm pretty comfortable with my skill level. BUT and I must stress this: BUT I would never, ever dive into the wiring with the complexity of the MINI without a wiring diagram, a test meter, and a lot of pre-study of the system I'm making changes to.
It is no longer a system that runs 12 volts from point A to point B. Almost everything in the car goes thru some type of controller and the wiring is as much a communication system as it is a power/control system.
Beware of what you do there. If you screw up and let the smoke out of the black box, it's really hard to get it back inside.
(sorry about the rant)
-skip-

 

OMG, i figured it out, and i feel very stupid LOL.

the toggle switch panel wiring harness was plugged in backwards LOL. the switches all worked, i just guess that it kept blowing that fuse. all is good now. i will continue to relocate the a/c, i still need to figure out those red/white wires though. but im glad that wasent the issue. just had the switch panel in wrong lol