Re: '64WM300 Steering Wheel Removal/Electrical Problem

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: : Can't help with the steering wheel but I do know a : : little about electricity. To find out if you have : : a short somewhere, disconnect one of the leads to : : your batter (+ or -). If you have an ammeter, : : connect it between the cable and the battery : : terminal. (Make sure everything is off first.) If : : you get any reading at all, there is something : : drawing electricity. There are things like the : : channel memory on a digital radio that will always : : draw a very small amount of current, say 200-300 : : milliamps. If you don't have any of those devices, : : then you shouldn't have any current. If you do or : : the current is excessive, then you have a short : : somewhere. If you don't have a meter then use : : a 1 amp or smaller fuse between the cable and the : : terminal. If the fuse blows, you have a short. : : The easiest way to find a short is to eliminate : : circuits one at a time. If you rewired the truck : : as you say, then you should be able to disconnect : : different circuits one at a time and redo the check : : until you find which circuit has the fault and then : : find the component in the circuit or bare wire that : : is actually causing it. If you don't have a short : : then either the battery or alternator is shot. If : : you can disconnect the battery while the truck is : : running and it doesn't die, then your alternator : : is probably good. Hope this helps. : Using the above method, instead of using an amp meter or a fuse use a 12v test light. Disconect the neg cable and hook the test light in series. If somthing is on the light will come. This way you can put the light where you can see it and disconect fuses one at a time. Before you do that get that battery load tested.

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