RPetty

Am I seeing this right?
A Back up Battery?

Alarm guy. Right?

They are killing me.......

Having a hell of a time getting this to start.... again

Started once since home.

Also,
fuse 24 blows every time I install. Immediately.

[Diagnostic connector, Current pulse tailgate, interior light.]


edit... Pic would be good....

here it is.

dr bob

Looks like wild guamenian feces flinger was in there doing the wire work.

I'll agree on ID of the backup battery for the alarm unit.

RPetty2

thats my car!!

RPetty

Punk Kid!!!

James Bailey

Oh MY so many crimp and butt connectors ....... you need an exorcism done on that mess !

RPetty

The joy of PO's...

SharkSkin

For fuse 24, check the dome lights - pretty common to have a short up there, one wire likes to short against the underside of the roof. Also, that circuit is a favorite for alarm installers to tap into to detect an open door, so if the problem isn't at the dome light itself some of that spaghetti may be at fault. If you just pull the dome light free of the headliner and find that the fuse doesn't blow anymore, you've found the issue.

Hilton

Nothing for it but to work through removing the alarm and re-joining all the wires they busted.

I did it to my red 87 - it was driven to the shippers, and then somewhere in transit they lost the alarm "key" to disable the immobiliser, so the car sat in my driveway for 2 months while I finished off another 928 project.

A friend and I spent a few hours carefully comparing wires, workshop manual, and probing with a multimeter to make sure that the wiring got soldered back to stock and the alarm was exorcised.

James Bailey

Yes the add on alarms can lie dormant for years then suddenly get awakened. The added relays can fail as well.

fraggle

There isn't enough electrical tape in that picture. Must be an amateur install.