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I spent the better part of the day replacing my 01 Civic cluster with the newer 03 civic cluster design, this wasnt really complicated but just took some time, both clusters have the same connectors just different wiring layouts.

During the day as I was doing this my battery died and I blew a fuse.
I didnt know what the reason was for the battery failure and figured it was due to the stereo in the car, so i unplugged the positive line going to the amp.

I got a jumpstart and drove around for about 30 min, hoping everything was fine, after that I turned it off and on a few times, and about an hour later started it again, all was well.

I just walked outside (this is 2-3 hours later) and the battery is dead again. I know the first culprit was that the cluster rewire did it, but I dont see how it could short out when I didnt cut anything, just moved pins around inside connectors, the second thing i am thinking is, is the battery possibly bad? I dont know if this is the battery the car came with but can draining a car battery to a very low level damage it?

I am stranded
Does anyone have a voltometer? I need to see if the battery has a load when the car is off..

 
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If you till need a voltometer tommarow ill see if I can scrape up mine... but can't leave the house today lol sick as a dog and meh cars gone

 
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It's your rotator splint.

 
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Huh?

 
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^^ Yeah wtf was that LOL

 
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Got a new battery, seems to be running fine again, god I hope so....

 
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try and find the wiring diagram for it. you have a constant power drawing from the battery that is not suposed to draw. ive seen it happen before with a buddys integra easy fix call me if you have any more problems brad has my number.

 
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I think I'm the number ***** here lol

 
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Power windows dont work, sunroof doesnt work, and radio still isnt accepting unlock code...

 
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Oh damn, time for you and I to go to the dealership and bitch them out

 
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They would charge me like mad...

 
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No I don't mean ask them to fix it, tell them they need to tell us whats wrong, cuz its udner warrenty lol

 
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Im sure they would charge just to look at it... and i dont think its under warranty....

 
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Well we can always go in there and ask.. I sometiems just go in and talk toa tech guy and see if they know something. They usually kinda hook you up and if they know the answer they wil tell you... thats my experience. If your cool with them they'll usually be cool with you

 
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Hmmm I noticed you said a fuse blew, is that why your power stuff isnt working? I mean shoot, I'd take my car in there (if it's still under warrenty) and have them try to fix it, chances are they wont notice the guage cluster.... lol... it's worth a try. or you can always throw mine in, take the car in have them fix it then take mine out LOLOLOL

 
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I drove up there today and they closed at 6

 
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I love fuses!!!!

It was a fuse ;P The problem was I was only checking fuses that were there to see if they were blown, this fuse wasnt even there labeled PW Relay... I put in one with the right amp and it all works again, yay!!!!

Now I just have to get my radio unlocked and I am golden

 
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all you did was change out the gauge cluster? sounds like your positive wires are crossed in the mix somewhere. problem is the only way to find which ones are which is to test them one by one.

 
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Well I had to redo all of the wiring but I dont think I shorted anything, everything is working fine now, i guess the true test will be in the morning, see if the car starts...

 
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so it wasn't the rotator splint