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Originally Posted by ACHiPo
That Ideal tester looks very cool. Not sure it's small enough to troubleshoot my car wiring loom, though?
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Fortunately, Fuse #3 does not carry much amperage at all. I know you don't want to but, starting at the far end of the circuit, and then snipping the wire, in stages, until you can run what's left of the circuit without the fuse blowing, and then slowly butt-crimping the wire back until the short re-appears, works every single time, especially with funky intermittent faults that seem to come and go. With wipers running, the heater fan on, and all gauges working, I bet that circuit doesn't pull but five amps. For something like that, a butt-crimped line will work just as well as a brand new wire, and no one will know the difference. (It's what I would do, and then heat-shrink the butt-crimps and they'll look OEM, not that anyone will every be looking at them.)
