Thank you for the response. I spent a whole day studying the diagrams only to become more confused. It feeds the dash and all the reminders. I pulled the dash apart and took gauges out and then the fuse didn't blow. I looked for a short in the panel and in the plug for the panel but can't find anything earth shattering. I just got more confused. If I knew the sequence of events then I could at least isolate the problem. There must be some relays involved I think. Does the ECM control with some timing mechanism the sequence that things happen and is there someway to stop it at a certain point? I feel like I'm babbling but I am overwhelmed at trying to trace all the wires. Roger