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Hey Everyone,

 

Trying to find out a solution for this problem. I have an 88 Subaru GL wagon, and recently the fuses for the windows and turn signals blew and every time i turn them on, the fuse blows, regardless of being a brand new one.

 

 

could this be a bad flasher? What is the next step?

 

Regards,

 

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Unplug everything in the schematic connected to that circuit and see if the fuse still blows. If it does you have a wiring harness problem (look at harnesses in the doors, etc that have to flex when opening, closing), and if it doesn't plug each thing in one by one till you find the faulty component or sub-system. If you don't want to blow a bunch of fuses you can hook up a meter across the fuse terminals with the battery disconnected and watch the circuit resistance or you can use a test light (incandescent) with the battery still connected and watch for the light to go out when you resolve the ground short. There's three options for you. I'm sure there are other techniques too.

 

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