[skooterbum]

hey guys and gals,

i have a 1999 blazer, 4.3, auto, 4wd, with power everything, and no previouse electrical problems at all untill....

like the title says, i had to change out my drivers door power window motor. what a joke. when i get to the motor i find that it is pop rivited in place. well i get my drill and start drilling out the rivets. after drilling all the rivets, i see that i damaged two wires in the wire loom that runs by the power window motor. the drill chuck must have wore the insulation off the wires. they are right next to each other, but they can't touch together, so i taped them up to keep them from shorting out on anything. i wonder that, if when drilling, if the drill chuck could have grounded the wires and caused a short between them ?? i don't think that the key was turned on at the time??

part way through the job i run out of daylight. so i move the blazer to the driveway, and see that the speedometer is not working, and the fuel guage is not working either. so i drive around a bit more and the speedo starts working again, but the fuel guage is pointing straight south. at this time the drivers door panel, and power switch panel was not hooked up.

the next day i finished the job of replacing the power window motor. then i checked all the fuses, trying to find why the fuel guage isn't working. they all looked good. so i drive around a bit more, and no change with the fuel guage. it's still pointing straight south. the fuel guage needle now points straight down all the time. it doesn't matter if the ignition is on or off, the needle doesn't move from that position.

then i decided to check the other switches in the drivers door panel. i find that the outside rear view mirror control no longer works, as well as the power door lock switch. all the power windows work from this panel now, but nothing else.

what did i mess up on this thing ?? i am to old to be fighting this when the snow is flying, and i can't afford to pay to have it fixed either. any advice will be greatly appreciated !!!!!

thanks
ron