[BustedKnuckle88]

i got a strange problem, and need some help......i had the cigarette lighter out to plug in my phone charger and when i removed the charger...somehow the lighter crossed up while laying in the ashtray and caused a spark :doh0715: which i think led to short that blew a fuse and caused the cigarette lighter to stop working...i also discovered the horn is on the same circuit and quit working....i put in a new fuse....and i still have no lighter or horn. :banghead

what'd i screw up? :whiteflag

 

[Seabronc]

Are you sure that is all that is out? According to my book the fuse for the horn is seperate from the Cigar lighter fuse. The horn is on fuse C in the engine compartment box and the lighter is on fuse 16 in the fuse panel. Both ultimately go back to a fusable link but if it were blown you would have more than those two things without power.

 

[rvcam]

That is what I am thinking, a fuseable link.

 

[BustedKnuckle88]

i've got that panel that covers the fuse box under the dash....and it shows the horn, lighter and cruise on the same circuit...and i haven't checked to see if the cruise is out...so i do not know....the fuse i replaced was very obviously blown....where would i look for the fusible link?

 

[Seabronc]

i've got that panel that covers the fuse box under the dash....and it shows the horn, lighter and cruise on the same circuit...and i haven't checked to see if the cruise is out...so i do not know....the fuse i replaced was very obviously blown....where would i look for the fusible link?

There is a fuse box under the hood also which contains fuse C that goes back to a fusable link connected to the starter relay at the same point that te battery is. It is attached to the end of a hevy yellow wire.

First check fuse C in the Engine Compartment Fuse Box. I don't know why that panel indicates horn and speed control on the cigar lighter fuse, but they are shown on fuse C in the EVTM (Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshooting Manual).

 

[BustedKnuckle88]

ok....thanks so much...i'll check it out later today. :thumbup

 

[Seabronc]

Seabronc
You're describing a '92-up truck - his is an '88. He ONLY has the underdash fuse block, just like your '83.

What the heck was I thinking about, some how I missed that, must have been half asleep :duh :doh0715: