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Old 01-07-2004, 11:45 PM   #1
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Weird Electrical probs 87 740 GLE

I made a 150 mile trip to a friends condo last night and when i started her up this morning and put on my lights i lost all my gauges, the it was showing that my high beams were on, and both my turn signals were on. When I flicked to high beams the indicator went out and my high beams came on. It was pretty cold this morning say 10 degrees but i have started her up in much colder conditions before with out a problem.

When i turned the lights back off gauges came back but i can still slightly see the turn signals faintly. I then just left my lights off and headed for home, about 45 min into the trip i tried the lights again and everything seemed normal.

I started it up again later and same thing, my trip wasn't long so i didn't really have a chance to let it warm up.

I haven't looked at fuses yet, but seeing that the problem cured it self after it warmed up i am guessing something else. Also i noticed that the light for the shifter is out, that happened this past weekend, but i didn't notice the problem till this morning.

So what do you guys think?
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Old 01-08-2004, 01:52 PM   #2
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Re: Weird Electrical probs 87 740 GLE

my thoughts go to an earth fault,try pushing on dash to see what happens,otherwise trace allgrounds under dash(pig of a job).
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Old 01-08-2004, 03:53 PM   #3
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Re: Weird Electrical probs 87 740 GLE

I will try and look for some lose grounds when the temp warms up a bit
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Old 03-17-2004, 12:44 PM   #4
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Under the hood, inside fenders, behind the headlights. Ground terminals. Clean, inspect, etc.
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