moving switches from center console to center console arm rest/cubby box

thequeenscheese · Jan 15, 2014

HI im just trying to move the switches from the center console(bellow heater controls), to a center console arm rest i bought and i have a couple of questions..
1, when i was popping the switches out the lower right next to ashtray was a blank but it had a plug in the back-blue in colour- whats this wiring for? could it be fitted and just need a switch or is it just spare harness?, ones ive got are window-locks-window-rear window-12v socket in that order left to righ top to bottom..

2
when removing the heater controls /radio there was also another spare plug there black one row of pins about 6 pins long (female section) it also had braided copper wire to the rear?

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ill post some pics in a min when i pop back to the van to take some?

Winu · Jan 15, 2014

@1 Sunroof harness. If you don't have sunroof, switch is no needed.
@2 Ground Header.

thequeenscheese · Jan 15, 2014

ah nothing i need to move then,

got an issue tho now ive either flatened the battery(most likely) or something els all i get now is a clicking (selonoid i guess)which im not familiar with from a flat bat but having moved the switches to the new console im hoping ive not cocked something up, they all work fine (exept pass window prob not quite enough juice in the flattish battery)?

thequeenscheese · Jan 15, 2014

altho whats the ground header for?

thequeenscheese · Jan 15, 2014

just got the missisus rollerskate hooked up trying to charge the battery, if it fails and i take it off to charge indoors should i worry about the immob?

thequeenscheese · Jan 15, 2014

yep alls good except the pass window still fails im guessing i got a wire wrong or its as i used slightly lower guage wire on that switch as it was all i could find would that affect it?

thequeenscheese · Jan 16, 2014

ok the pass window is blowing fuses?, all i did was chop the plug and reconnect the corrisponding wire back together the wire i used is slightly thinner guage could this cause this to happen?

Optimus Prime · Jan 16, 2014

not unless it heats up and the insulation melts causing a short, would have thought it unlikely.

out of interest, why did you use a smaller gauge cable ?

thequeenscheese · Jan 16, 2014

it was all i had to hand last night

ok ive just tried again with some heavier duty wire (same as canibalized for drivers side which is fine)and a new fuse getting the same result interior light/radio dims but nothing from the window until fuse blows?

it was all working fine until i started this..

could the window have gotten stuck (not sure what could have caused this from what ive done)

mjrimmer · Jan 16, 2014

You must have got one of the wires mixed up or you have created a short somewhere

thequeenscheese · Jan 16, 2014

the corrisponding wires are all wired to the correct mate,as i cut one a joined the same eone back together having extended the wire not sure .

one prob might be one of the pins pulled out of the plug and theres 5 pins 6 holes now im certain its back in the right one.... switch light-gap-red/green-red-blue-black- which matches the drivers side (colours diff) it woul be the blue that was pulled, ive tried it in bith spots and it seems to do the same.

If someone doesnt mind poping the switches for me and posting a pic id appreciate it..

thequeenscheese · Jan 16, 2014

http://brayww.com/oempartsguys/ebaypics/11M468 (2).jpg

both of my switches look like the one in the pic (link above) with the blue plug, altho my wires are diff colours, black is in same place, also red for light is same(which works ok).

thequeenscheese · Jan 16, 2014

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this is what ive got..
(dont panic the spades and lecky tape are temporay fixings..and ill replace the blue wire as its split )

Nodge68 · Jan 16, 2014

If you are blowing fuses something is wired up wrong. You need to double check the colours link each end.

Optimus Prime · Jan 17, 2014

or possibly there is a connection not made properly and the window circuit is back feeding through another causing an over current.

Winu · Jan 17, 2014

:faint2: Oh my god... what a great electrical job...

Maybe just use the wiring diagrams?, every wire is described with gauge and color. With that knowledge you can made a proper harness ?

thequeenscheese · Jan 17, 2014

Winu said:
:faint2: Oh my god... what a great electrical job...

Maybe just use the wiring diagrams?, every wire is described with gauge and color. With that knowledge you can made a proper harness ?

Like I said temp fix what I need a a pic of some one else's plug so I can confirm I've got the connector that can out back in the right spot..

baptista · Jan 17, 2014

does it blow the fuse when you have the switches are removed?
if yes than the problem is in the wiring, if not plug one switch at a time and work out witch one is causing the trouble;
check right and left window switches, wiring should be the same on both

thequeenscheese · Jan 17, 2014

Quick update I've put the switch back without extending wires in between and it still does it

thequeenscheese · Jan 17, 2014

Its only the pass window switch, I've swapped switch still the same and only blows in use..

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