Asking for your help

[Rat Rod Mac]

I have a question concerning a car problem I'm having and I know this is not a car repair forum, but I have come here before with farm related problems with good results, so with that being said do any of you know of a good inter-net site that helps guys with car repair questions. I looked at a couple, but they want to charge you. I'm cheap. Thanks for any and all advise, it's appreciated. RRM

 

[mrmikey]

Be a bit more specific about your problem and your vehicle. I just bought a 2015 Nissan frontier and I went looking for forums for that specific vehicle, there are at least 6 and I quit looking. I wanted to find out if there were any common problems and if so, what the solutions were.
If your vehicle has a following of any type, you might find the same....M

 

[LD1]

Describe the issue here and maybe someone on here can help.

Usually I just Google whatever issue I am having and find hours worth of reading. No need to join any specific form and ask a question that had already been asked.

 

[Wakey]

I always put the word forum in my search queries. Guess how I found this forum?

Ask your question, perhaps someone here can help.

 

[LD1]

Guess how I found this forum?

That's a tough one. Was it a spam popup while browsing an adult site?

Oh wait, it was a rhetorical question

 

[flyerdan]

First place to start is at Automotive Forums, I think you have to join (free) to post, but should be able to read threads, and chances are your issue has been discussed already.

 

[TimberHole]

Unless it's a problem very unique to a specific make/model I'm betting someone here might be able to help. I've only been here a short time but I'm impressed with the mechanical knowledge here.

 

[Rat Rod Mac]

Ok here goes. I have a 1998 Buick Century that I'm prepping for the junk yard. I have a newer Century and this one had real nice tires on it so I swapped them out. Also I needed a speaker for my pickup and since it's headed to the bone yard pulled one of those out too. Then while snooping around I (this is where stupidity and greed step in) popped the cover off of the fuse box next to the glove box. Figured I could toss a couple of fuses in the old tool box, so I check out the diagram on the back of the cover and see a 10 amp fuse for the doom light, and one for the heated mirrors. The one for the tail lights I of course let that one along. Anyway, I pulled about four or five and figured that's it. But then the big whammy,,, the thing won't start now. Put all the fuses back in and still no dice. The dash lights work, the windows go up and down and the battery checks out at 12.6 volts, so it's ok. For two bucks worth of fuses I'm looking at maybe a hundred bucks between trailering it to the scrap yard and driving it in. My other Century has a reset button by the fuse block, but this year does not. What I'm looking for is for someone to tell me "Oh yeah, under the dash on the drivers side is a reset button and you're good to go". Yeah, right. So if any of you can figure this one out I sure would appreciate it. If any of you guys decide to scrap out one of your cars or a pickup keep your hands off the fuse block. Sure learned my lesson. Thanks in advance. RRM

 

[joecoin]

Tow it with the other Century

 

[kthompson]

It would seem pulling a fuse and replacing would be about the same as replacing a dead battery...I would remove the ground cable to the battery and leave it for a few minutes and replace and see if that resets the system. Also chance you broke a fuse or something else pulling the fuses.

 

[2458n]

Maybe the metal pliers you use for fuse pulling ate a fuse able link.

 

[flyerdan]

Having had a 90's Buick, the only reset I can think of was the "change oil soon" reset on the passenger firewall, but that shouldn't affect starting. Run the shifter up and down a time or two, sometimes the safety lockout switches get iffy. Of course check the fuses with a dmm, and make sure that they're seated properly; it's sometime hard to see working upside down like that.
Worst case, flog it on craigslist for a parts rig, sounds like towing would be more than a scrapyard would pay.