1997 Ford Taurus Automatic 181000 miles
We tried to replace the burned out light bulb behind the speedometer. In the process we removed the piece that has the gas gauge, speedomer and the tac. We had to unplug it from the two wire bundles (black on left and white on right) and disconnect the park,drive, etc. wire near the steering column to access the light bulb. When we plugged the wire bundles back in and reconnected the other wire that slips over a button of metal and tried to start the car it does not start. The only noise is a rapid clicking for the hazard lights and the lights are lit on the "check engine soon", ABS, and one other light. After the fact someone said that we should have disconnected the battery before doing what we did. We have tried to look at all the low voltage fuses- particularly the starter- everything looks ok. Could it be the high voltage fuses? If so, how do we check those? Is there something else we are missing? I am unemployed and this is my only way to get to interviews... money is tight...any help would be greatly appreciated. cell 609-456-2528
We tried to replace the burned out light bulb behind the speedometer. In the process we removed the piece that has the gas gauge, speedomer and the tac. We had to unplug it from the two wire bundles (black on left and white on right) and disconnect the park,drive, etc. wire near the steering column to access the light bulb. When we plugged the wire bundles back in and reconnected the other wire that slips over a button of metal and tried to start the car it does not start. The only noise is a rapid clicking for the hazard lights and the lights are lit on the "check engine soon", ABS, and one other light. After the fact someone said that we should have disconnected the battery before doing what we did. We have tried to look at all the low voltage fuses- particularly the starter- everything looks ok. Could it be the high voltage fuses? If so, how do we check those? Is there something else we are missing? I am unemployed and this is my only way to get to interviews... money is tight...any help would be greatly appreciated. cell 609-456-2528
Dec 5, 2009 at 1:27 PM
