Well, my father was out of town this week, so he left me his car to drive. I thought I would take this opportunity to do some work on the Saab in the garage while I have full access to it and another car to drive. My main goal was to get the new SCC working, along with get my new gray carpet in to replace the blue (to match my new gray seats). Anyway, I ripped the entire dash apart, ripped the seats out, and ripped the carpet out. While I had everything out, I decided to would do some wire tracing to see if I could fix some non-working electronics.
When I first got the car, the dome lights never worked. Later on, I found out the car had electric locks (I didn't know) but those weren't working either. Also, the trunk button didn't work so I thought it was a fuse. When I checked it out, it was blown, so I tried to replace it, but it would blow immediately. I couldn't figure it out so I stopped caring and lived without electric locks and interior lighting.
This weekend, while the car was stripped of everything, I traced through the car and couldn't find the answer. I then traced the wiring into the trunk and found that the wiring going into the trunk had split completely in half at the hinge and had then fused together because of the shorting out. So I pulled it all apart and rewired it back together. I then did some more wiring work up in the dash, and finally got my car back together.
Well, I plugged the battery back in and noticed my door courtesy lights were on. Yay! That's good news. I then cleaned everything up and closed all the doors. I locked it and everything in the car, the trunk, and the gas cap all locked. YAY! Well, I got into my car and started it up. The new SCC was of course not working right. Oh well, no big deal. Then I tried to hit the info button, and when i do that, it turns all the dash lights off! As long as I contine to hold the button, the lights stay off. As soon as I let go, they go back on. Very strange. Also, my speedometer isn't working now. I must have missed a connection, but that doesn't make sense because I swore I plugged them all back in on the back of the instrument panel. I guess this means I am going to have to take the dash top off again and mess around. Boo hoo for me!
So, good news is I finally get to experience a lighted, lockable Saab 9000 for the first time!
When I first got the car, the dome lights never worked. Later on, I found out the car had electric locks (I didn't know) but those weren't working either. Also, the trunk button didn't work so I thought it was a fuse. When I checked it out, it was blown, so I tried to replace it, but it would blow immediately. I couldn't figure it out so I stopped caring and lived without electric locks and interior lighting.
This weekend, while the car was stripped of everything, I traced through the car and couldn't find the answer. I then traced the wiring into the trunk and found that the wiring going into the trunk had split completely in half at the hinge and had then fused together because of the shorting out. So I pulled it all apart and rewired it back together. I then did some more wiring work up in the dash, and finally got my car back together.
Well, I plugged the battery back in and noticed my door courtesy lights were on. Yay! That's good news. I then cleaned everything up and closed all the doors. I locked it and everything in the car, the trunk, and the gas cap all locked. YAY! Well, I got into my car and started it up. The new SCC was of course not working right. Oh well, no big deal. Then I tried to hit the info button, and when i do that, it turns all the dash lights off! As long as I contine to hold the button, the lights stay off. As soon as I let go, they go back on. Very strange. Also, my speedometer isn't working now. I must have missed a connection, but that doesn't make sense because I swore I plugged them all back in on the back of the instrument panel. I guess this means I am going to have to take the dash top off again and mess around. Boo hoo for me!
So, good news is I finally get to experience a lighted, lockable Saab 9000 for the first time!