Re: [DML] (sorry guys) Delay interior light not working revisited

["Jim Reeve" <dmc6960@xxxxxxxxx>]

The delay module does not need to be installed for the interior lights
to work. If your interior lights go on when flipped one way, but not
the other (when the door is open) my first suspect would be a miswired
light like John Chapelhow described in message 48016.

If after verifying the wiring, you might want to take a voltmeter to
the leads going to the lights to see if they have 12v when the doors
are open and if not trace it back from there.  The next step in the
circuit is the white socket where the delay module goes.  The top and
bottom connections (when looking at it from the front of the car
twords the back) should both have 12v when a door is opened.  After
this the wire traces back to the 3 diodes which prevent currrent going
the wrong direction and lighting up the door lights when they are not
supposed to.  They are located on the right side of the drivers
footwell.  They are taped together, and might be different colors (I
really dont remember and my car is storage so I cannot go check them).
 Look for the one that has two purple/white wires going into it.  If
you disconnect both wires you should get 12v on one of them when the
doors are open.  If you have needed to go this far, and have 12v on
one wire, and still no lights, touch the two purple/white wires
directly together (this wont hurt anything).  If your interior lights
turn on then, you have a bad diode.  If you still do not have 12v,
does your door ajar light work correctly with each door?  If not, it
could be one of the other two diodes.  If it does work, and you still
haven't figured out the problem, there is something totally whacky
going on that I cannot speculate at this point.

Good luck.

Jim Reeve
DMC6960


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Sontos" <dsontos@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> The white relay completes the electrical circuit for the interior
and door
> lights. I suspect a PO removed it because of other problems, probably
> battery drain. The obvious answer is to replace the relay.
> 
> The second alternative is to direct wire the circuit with a jumper
wire in
> the relay base socket. This will allow the door switches to turn the
lights
> on and off. I don't know right now what pins you will need to
jumper, if you
> need me to investigate further contact me offline.
> 
> Dave Sontos
> Vin 02573
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Bladorn [mailto:at88mph@xxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:01 PM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] (sorry guys) Delay interior light not working revisited
> 
> > The way its set up right now, if I turn the light one way, it says
lit.  If 
> > I turn the light the other direction, I get nothing at all
regardless of the
> > 
> > door being open.  How can I make it where as soon as I open the
door, the 
> > light will come on?








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