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My Dumb Ass Tried to hook up a Sub / Amp ... HELP
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:27 pm
by skhighlighn
**** ... no my car doesn't start and I need to go to work tomorrow ... **** ... anybody ever **** something up like this? I tried wiring the rem cable to the cigarette lighter and I think blew a fuse. I tried jumping it ... no go ... did i blow something critical ... it almost turns over ... almost ... stereo works, not the sub and amp yet, lights work etc. HELP
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:35 pm
by CleanZX3
What did you wire to what now?
The remote wire to the cig lighter? That shouldnt make your car not start. Did you look at the fuse? It sounds like a dead battery????
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:40 am
by sc0tty8
Ouch.
Why would you hook a remote to the cig lighter? Check your fuses and trace back everything you did.
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:28 am
by o2designs
Yeah, don't plug your remote wire into teh lighter. The remote wire is 99% of the time, connected to your radio. There usually is a light blue wire(on all my radios anyway), that is run from the radio to the amp. That way the amp is only turned on, when your radio turns on. Your cig lighter has power all the time, even when there is no key in ign.
You could have ran the battery down to nothing, or blown a fuse somewhere. Prob the battery. Usually, if you leave a door open for acouple hours while working on something, the battery will die. I've done it before, just never on the Focus.
Goodluck!
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:33 am
by sc0tty8
o2designs wrote:
Yeah, don't plug your remote wire into teh lighter. The remote wire is 99% of the time, connected to your radio. There usually is a light blue wire(on all my radios anyway), that is run from the radio to the amp. That way the amp is only turned on, when your radio turns on. Your cig lighter has power all the time, even when there is no key in ign.
You could have ran the battery down to nothing, or blown a fuse somewhere. Prob the battery. Usually, if you leave a door open for acouple hours while working on something, the battery will die. I've done it before, just never on the Focus.
Goodluck!
You can't leave the door open and kill a batt in the focus;)
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:42 am
by skhighlighn
well i've tried jump starting ... do i need to let things be hooked up for a while when i do that? I'm gonna trace the fuses today ... it seems like fuel isn't making it to where it needs to, because it will almost turn over, and everything else works fine, radio, lights, etc.
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:21 am
by o2designs
The Focus has a some fuel system button on the passenger side kick panel. If you remove the little rubber stopper, and push the botton, that mgiht help. Maybe someone else can help on this, I've never used it before.
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:30 am
by skhighlighn
oh god ... ummm ... o2 ... and everyone, your suggestions rocked and i thank you for their speed. my problem turned out to be something totally different and embarasssing which i'm going to chose to withhold for my own sake if i ever make it to a meet.
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:00 am
by sc0tty8
You forgot to hook up the battery?
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:47 am
by skhighlighn
worse than that ... when i had pulled the amp power cable through i disconnected the air box etc. for the intake so i could drill through that white plastic thing aroung the steering column ... forgot to put the intake tube back on the housing ... embarassing ... but a day off work
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:00 pm
by o2designs
HAHA, don't worry. It happens. We learn from our........mistakes? LOL
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:06 am
by focinite
sc0tty8 wrote:
o2designs wrote:Yeah, don't plug your remote wire into teh lighter. The remote wire is 99% of the time, connected to your radio. There usually is a light blue wire(on all my radios anyway), that is run from the radio to the amp. That way the amp is only turned on, when your radio turns on. Your cig lighter has power all the time, even when there is no key in ign.
You could have ran the battery down to nothing, or blown a fuse somewhere. Prob the battery. Usually, if you leave a door open for acouple hours while working on something, the battery will die. I've done it before, just never on the Focus.
Goodluck!
You can't leave the door open and kill a batt in the focus;)
if you leave the key to run you can....long story...... a few times..........ok once a week......... i work on cars come on, i leve the doors open alot!!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:09 am
by focinite
skhighlighn wrote:
worse than that ... when i had pulled the amp power cable through i disconnected the air box etc. for the intake so i could drill through that white plastic thing aroung the steering column ... forgot to put the intake tube back on the housing ... embarassing ... but a day off work
you dont wann run a drill through your steering shaft colar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stop , put down the drill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! put a hole through the fire wall ,get a grommet and know that you wont have a anoyin whistel.
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:47 am
by sc0tty8
focinite wrote:
skhighlighn wrote:worse than that ... when i had pulled the amp power cable through i disconnected the air box etc. for the intake so i could drill through that white plastic thing aroung the steering column ... forgot to put the intake tube back on the housing ... embarassing ... but a day off work
you dont wann run a drill through your steering shaft colar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stop , put down the drill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! put a hole through the fire wall ,get a grommet and know that you wont have a anoyin whistel.
And here I thought my car was whistling at me because it liked me
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:01 pm
by skhighlighn
i did the steering shaft with a gromet ... sans whistle biach.