On my 88' 3s-fe, the fuse for tail lights and dashboard continues to blow/burn. Before it would happen intermittently, but now when I replace the 15 amp fuse (located in the upper right corner of the driver's left sidekick panel), it blows immediately as soon as I turn on the lights. Today I tried replacing the "Taillight control relay" with one from another used for the AC, but the fuse still blows. Ideas appreciated, thanks. ------------------------- Edit/Update: I just saw a thread on this site with a problem same as mine(link below). Interesting how it was solved. In brief, a 50 amp fuse place in this slot for 5 seconds or long enough to see a smoke coming from behind the panel. This shorted wires were fixed and problem resolved. I'll first try looking behind the panel before I do the 50 amp fuse. http://www.st162.net/forum/showthread.php?1567-No-tail-or-cluster-lights&highlight=tail+lights+fuse
So I found the short, it was one of the wires for the heater/ac unit. It was a wiring job that I did. Oops, ugh. By the way, it was located when my friend was doing some testing, and smoke came up from the dashboard. As I can understand, the smoke-and-locate method is discouraged, but it did help us locate it quickly. Above all, we were lucky without any further damage.
