09blackonblack

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my foglight button doesnt light up anymore... i tapped into it to power my boost gauge and the gauge lights up but not the button. is there a fuse for the button?

i need this fixed asap

outtamymind

put the wiring back to stock and run a dedicated power line for your boost gauge from the bcm fuse panel. there are about 5 empty slots that will work the same way as if you tapped into something else. this is why you don't tap into existing circuits

09blackonblack

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ya, kinda figured that out... but doesnt help with why my button doesnt light up anymore. i just wanted to be able to dim my boost gauge.

outtamymind

well light itself for being able to be lit up should be on the same fuse as your dash lights and such. if you really wanted to find the fuse for the dash lights and tap into that with a mini-make a fuse kit (i don't recommend doing it) and that should help ya out. now if when you disconnect the boost gauge from the switch and the light still doesn't light up then chances are you fried the light inside of it and you need a new switch or someone who knows how to solder a new one in

09blackonblack

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ya it still doesnt light up and ive used 2 different buttons. the gray wire still has power to it and the button seems to be the only thing that doesnt work besides the drivers side half of the horn???

outtamymind

hmm. i can't remember off the top of my head if their is a fuse for it. but if you pull the passenger floor console panel off their is a diagram and list of the fuses and what they are for. you could try looking there to see if there is a fuse for that particular area

09blackonblack

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ya i pulled the switches apart and both have burnt bulbs... tiny like an led lol

outtamymind

ya then they are burnt out and need to be replaced. the easiest and simplest way is to just buy new switches.

09blackonblack

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yeah well now something else happened and idk why. but none of my dash lights work now...

outtamymind

check your fuse for your dash panel. is your boost gauge disconnected from fog light wiring?

09blackonblack

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it was my park lamp fuse under the hood. and yeah i used an add a circuit to an empty spot on the bcm. now it comes on with the car and shuts off when you open the door

outtamymind

ya. see that is why you don't tap into existing circuits is for that reason. but i'm glad it didn't do too much damage and you got it working now. now you just need to get the new switches so they light up again.

09blackonblack

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yep and hook my boost gauge up to the manifold somehow. and buy a wideband

outtamymind

the wideband i know how to do but not so much on where to tap into for a boost gauge other then the 2.0L. and with your wideband for power do the same thing you did with the boost gauge put it on an independent power line. you should be able to use the same source as your boost gauge.

Nighthawk243

Exactly. You can always add a hidden dimmer switch somewhere for the boost gauge. It isn't hard to overload some of the wiring in cars.

09blackonblack

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yeah the wideband is easy... just hooking up the boost gauge sucks because the plastic manifold is so thin. or i can switch to a saab manifold...

but psychocam said he just drilled a hole in his plastic manifold and screwed it in without tapping it and it works fine so idk.

outtamymind

ya i've been looking into the saab manifold a few months ago. then i got laid off so that got put on hold. got a job lined up here in a few weeks so modding will commence again this summer

09blackonblack

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ive used my unemployment to pay for everything... i didnt need $1600 a month lol but now its all gone

outtamymind

ya i was getting 1200/mth and 1000 of that was going to bills.