Problem City!

Started by balkyrollsinred89, December 15, 2008, 05:55:24 PM

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balkyrollsinred89

This is just a bad week! First my guage lights, 4 days later some sort of wiring issue. I start my car and head out, everything is fine, run a few errands around town come home shut my car off. Go back out to leave again and the battery is completly dead. Nothin, no dome lights or anything. So i jump start it, starts fine.... shut it off...starts right back up again...do my running no problems. just try to leave  and once again its dead. I'm thinkin a positive wire grounding out somwhere. Anybody have any clue where to start?
89 Red TGP

balkyrollsinred89

Nevermind. I guess I'm just stupid enough for it having to be dark to find the problem. Brake light switch needs some adjustment. WOW
89 Red TGP


mfewtrail

Quote from: jimmy on December 15, 2008, 08:54:25 PM
   Had that problem  :icon_lol:

Me too. It's very common on these cars for the switch to need adjusting at some point.
'93 SE, '90 Black/tan TGP, & '90 Red/tan TGP

cobracmdr

Hahah X3!!!!!!!! I had that problem just before I put the car away for the winter!  I was like so confused, then I was driving around and the ABS started flashing I'm like on NOESSSS PMIII Fail!! too!?!?  Then I realized the brake switch was fucked up and adjusted it.  My recommendation is go to the parts man and get a new one, it will be an updated design and won't fuck up on you anymore.

Ken

1989 Turbo Grand Prix - missed very much!!!!
2010 Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 M6 12.01 @117 mph - Inferno Orange Metallic, long tubes, x pipe, Cat back, all 3" pipe 321 SS, vararam intake, LC-1, diy tune
01 Grand Prix GTP - 3.4 pulley, plog, k&n drop in, u-bend & resonator delete, tuned
03 Suzuki SV650N - zx10 shock, racetech springs/emulators, streetfighter

TGP Nick

x4.. lol.  I just replaced mine with a new unit.  It was under $20 iirc.
Nick
1989 Pontiac Turbo Grand Prix- LG5 - 4T60HD
2008 Ford Ranger XLT- 2.3 DOHC I-4 - 5MT
2012 Nissan Altima SR coupe- 3.5 V6 - 6MT

killinprixs

I pulled back on the brake pedal by accidnet one day and that happend took a while to figure out how to adjust it tho.

balkyrollsinred89

I didnt look at it too much today, but how do I go about adjusting that brake light switch. There appears to be little to no room to do anything in there. Detailed instructions or maybe a diagram would be awesome. It will be a couple days before I get time to get out to the garage to look at it.
Thanks
89 Red TGP

mfewtrail

Quote from: balkyrollsinred89 on December 16, 2008, 09:39:29 PM
I didnt look at it too much today, but how do I go about adjusting that brake light switch. There appears to be little to no room to do anything in there. Detailed instructions or maybe a diagram would be awesome. It will be a couple days before I get time to get out to the garage to look at it.
Thanks

Scroll down to my post in this thread here and click the link I posted: http://www.tgpforums.com/index.php/topic,4852.0.html
'93 SE, '90 Black/tan TGP, & '90 Red/tan TGP

balkyrollsinred89

Has anybody ever swapped out that electric brake thing for an actual mastercylinder?
89 Red TGP

cobracmdr


1989 Turbo Grand Prix - missed very much!!!!
2010 Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 M6 12.01 @117 mph - Inferno Orange Metallic, long tubes, x pipe, Cat back, all 3" pipe 321 SS, vararam intake, LC-1, diy tune
01 Grand Prix GTP - 3.4 pulley, plog, k&n drop in, u-bend & resonator delete, tuned
03 Suzuki SV650N - zx10 shock, racetech springs/emulators, streetfighter