Douglas2

hey-Hey!!!,
I replaced two fenders and the grill this weekend( two deer strikes worth of damage ), and now the radio and the interior lights don't work. can't even turn on the lights by twisting the headlight switch. I didn't think there was anything up front that would effect those parts...but it must be connected, riiiight? On the other hand, after leaving the battery disconnected the rear anti-lock now 'works'...if you can call it that... What have I done?
cheers,
Douglas

Onemoparnut

Maybe you disrupted the fusable links on the left inner fender. That's the only thing I can think of.

Crossy's son

The little white plug on the driver side fenderwell coming out of the fusible links is for the Dome/Radio.

You may have popped that link.

Douglas2

This sounds likely. I have no experience with this sort of thing; how do I go about testing? Can you tell anything by looking? Then, on to fixing...what is required?
cheers,
Douglas

Onemoparnut

Check for power with a test light on both sides of the link and make sure that wire didn't come unplugged like crossy's son said.

Douglas2

hey-Hey!!!,
I have power on both sides of that white, single wire connector( fed by an orange fusible link ). What else could this be?

There is another symptom, I get a pop from the speakers on start up. As I write I realize that I have not gone and checked what part of the key cycle it happens on; release from start, engage start or just turn-on of the ignition. Any thoughts?
cheers,
Douglas