Spent a whole Saturday chasing an electrical gremlin in a '91 Civic

I was trying to get the tail lights working on a $500 Civic hatch I picked up outside Portland, and it ended up taking me like 8 hours. Turns out the ground wire under the trunk carpet had completely corroded away, which I didn't catch until I'd already replaced the fuse box and two bulbs. Has anyone else spent way too long on something that dumb simple?

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the_zara4d ago

18 bucks at the auto parts store for a new ground strap and you'd have been home by lunch. Sounds like you made that repair a whole lot harder than it needed to be.

black.margaret2d ago

Funny you say that, my buddy tried the "just buy a new ground strap" approach on his truck and spent three hours wrestling with a rusted bolt that wouldn't budge. Ended up having to cut it off anyway, so some jobs just fight you no matter what you do.