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short version: finishing up stereo install and vehicle won't start
longer version: I took apart most of the center of the dash to install the double din stereo, I had to take off most of the connectors for the panel that surrounds the stereo including the hazards, antenna, center diff, rear defroster (all of them on the top row) and the cigarette lighter on the bottom of the panel. The stereo was on as I was making sure that it was still working as I buttoned it all back up, I had connected all of the upper connections and all was fine, when I went to connect the cig lighter the stereo turned off. I fiddled with it for a second and the stereo turned back on and everything else in the rig seemed to work fine except it will not turn over. All of the dash lights light up, the stereo works, all of the switches on the dash work etc. Everything works, it just clicks when I turn the key to the start position.
A little background info that might help. A couple of weeks ago the rig wouldn't start, all of the dash lit up, but it would just click when turned to start position. I tapped on the the battery terminals and it started right up. This happened a couple of times. Once started, it would drive fine, was only an issue when it was turned off with the key. With this in mind, I cleaned and tightened down the battery terminals, but that didn't help the current non starting situation.
I also hooked up the battery to another car with cables to make sure that the battery wasn't just too low to kick the starter over because it had been sitting for a few days and I was listening to the stereo while I was working running the camera wires etc. That didn't help either.
Does this sound like it could be a fuseable link situation? I have heard of many people having fusible links cause electrical issues, but I don't know if everything else would work, other than kicking the starter over if the links were bad. My other thought was a fuse, I dug through most of them and didn't see any that were visually bad. Any specific fuse you would suggest looking at?
Any help is greatly appreciated, need to get the cruiser off of the front lawn.
longer version: I took apart most of the center of the dash to install the double din stereo, I had to take off most of the connectors for the panel that surrounds the stereo including the hazards, antenna, center diff, rear defroster (all of them on the top row) and the cigarette lighter on the bottom of the panel. The stereo was on as I was making sure that it was still working as I buttoned it all back up, I had connected all of the upper connections and all was fine, when I went to connect the cig lighter the stereo turned off. I fiddled with it for a second and the stereo turned back on and everything else in the rig seemed to work fine except it will not turn over. All of the dash lights light up, the stereo works, all of the switches on the dash work etc. Everything works, it just clicks when I turn the key to the start position.
A little background info that might help. A couple of weeks ago the rig wouldn't start, all of the dash lit up, but it would just click when turned to start position. I tapped on the the battery terminals and it started right up. This happened a couple of times. Once started, it would drive fine, was only an issue when it was turned off with the key. With this in mind, I cleaned and tightened down the battery terminals, but that didn't help the current non starting situation.
I also hooked up the battery to another car with cables to make sure that the battery wasn't just too low to kick the starter over because it had been sitting for a few days and I was listening to the stereo while I was working running the camera wires etc. That didn't help either.
Does this sound like it could be a fuseable link situation? I have heard of many people having fusible links cause electrical issues, but I don't know if everything else would work, other than kicking the starter over if the links were bad. My other thought was a fuse, I dug through most of them and didn't see any that were visually bad. Any specific fuse you would suggest looking at?
Any help is greatly appreciated, need to get the cruiser off of the front lawn.