1990 Acura Integra need electical help BAD!

MY1STTEG

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1990 ACURA INTEGRA

Electrical problem
1990 Acura Integra 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Manual

K I TRYED JUMPING MY CAR THEN IT ARCKED ON MY INTAKE AFTER THAT IT WOULDNT STAT THEN I REPLACED MY MAIN FUSES UNDER THE HOOD THEN IT STARTED AND SMOKE CAME FROM MY INSTURMENT CLUSTER NOW IT WONT START AND IF I PRESS MY BRAKS OR TURN MY HEAD LIGHT SWITCH THE INSURMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS UP AS IF I TURNED MY KEY MY HEADLIGHTS OR TAIL LIGHTS DONT WORK AND I CAN HEAR MY RELAYS CLICKING TRACED IT TO THE 2 ON MY FUSE BOX AND THE ONE UNDER MY STEERING WHEEL IS IT MY RELAYS OR FUSE BOX OR BOTH? IM CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED AND HAVE TO DO A FREE Q PLEASE HELP ME I RELY ON THIS CAR TO GET ME TO TOWN TO FIND JOBS

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KHLOW2008

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Hi MY1STTEG,

Recheck all ground connections to see if any are broken/damaged.

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Sunday, January 10th, 2010 AT 8:13 AM

MY1STTEG

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I did what happened is I hust said screw it and replaced the main harness everything was fine till I wired my toggle switch the way it was when I got the car now im back to squar one I found out that the back of my cluster where the tach is is screwed in is burnt bad so im thinking that thats burning up and its blowing all my relays is that possible?