The clock does not get power through the ignition switch. There is a single red wire from the battery to the back of the fuse/relay panel. It plugs onto a large male spade on the back of the panel and powers nearly everything in the dash. I would look closely at both ends of that power wire. If the red wire is ok I would look at the battery post connections and the battery ground cable to chassis connection. Those also carry the starter motor cranking current so a problem there most often shows as a cranking speed problem. Mark
Robert Fisher wrote: > > ....................... > I went to the shop yesterday to have them swap off the snow tires, and as I > was taking a climbing left turn I lost all power- everything; lights, > wipers, radio, engine, the works. It just died. I was sitting there > thinking "ignition switch" (which is only about three years old) when I > noticed that the clock was dead as well. That kind of threw me- I don't > know how or if that clock circuit is tied into anything ignition/switch > related. I tried the key and got nothin'. > > I was just getting unbuckled to start poking through things when the stereo > head started making a noise and the display came back on. I gave it a > second and tried the key again and it started right up.................... |
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