Electrical gremlins?

[isettajoe]

Drat! I finally had a chance to take my 600 to our antique car club
meeting last night. It ran fine and I beeped the horn and waved at a
friend as I passed his house. After the meeting, I went out and
answered questions about it and felt pretty good. Then I got in,
fired it up, and NO LIGHTS. I wiggled fuses, checked a few wires,
and checked other stuff. No horn, no turn signals, but I did have
hazard lights. Checked a few more things, the checked again and no
hazard lights. Left it there last night and retrieved it this
morning. Not happy.
Is there some known weak spot that might be the problem? Don't want
to be rooting around under the dash and cause more problems if not
necessary. Thanks for any ideas.
PS The folks at the antique car club really liked the Honda 600! Most
had never seen one (which is probably typical here in Indiana.)

[Miles]

HI isettajoe,
Sorry to hear about your mishappenings on you Honda.
Give this a try, follow one of the battery cables (I can't remember which one) up towards the fender (away from the fan housing) this should lead you to a small black rectangle box which opens up and has a single metal fuse which connects to the battery cable. The fuse might have a crack in it, or is burnt out, you can actually get your car running again by removing it and reconnecting the battery cable to the other side of the connector where one side of the fuse was connected. I have been told that one does not have to replace the fuse, but I am a purest, and replaced it by getting another fuse from my Honda dealer for about 35 cents.
I hope this is helpful, and that you get you Honda up and running soon.
Billy
isettajoe wrote:

> Drat! I finally had a chance to take my 600 to our antique car club > meeting last night. It ran fine and I beeped the horn and waved at a > friend as I passed his house. After the meeting, I went out and > answered questions about it and felt pretty good. Then I got in, > fired it up, and NO LIGHTS. I wiggled fuses, checked a few wires, > and checked other stuff. No horn, no turn signals, but I did have > hazard lights. Checked a few more things, the checked again and no > hazard lights. Left it there last night and retrieved it this > morning. Not happy.
> Is there some known weak spot that might be the problem? Don't want > to be rooting around under the dash and cause more problems if not > necessary. Thanks for any ideas.
> PS The folks at the antique car club really liked the Honda 600! Most > had never seen one (which is probably typical here in Indiana.) > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
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[dealadayray]

Gee, I wonder why Honda ever even put a fuse between the battery and body feed wires?  Maybe it's because your whole car can go up in smoke if you leave it out.  The fuse is the largest in your car, a 45 amp contribution to not making a candle out of your 600.   If it is the fuse it could be from old age and then again there might have been a good reason for it to go out.  Take a hint, check out your wire loom, connections and the like, then replace the 45 amp fuse.  If it goes again, then you should be grateful the rest of the system didn't.
Dealing with a 30 year old vehicle is lots of fun until we get caught in a bind because something does not do or go where it should.  Get towing insurance, or read an article I found in Special Interest Auto mag. on how to make a new wire loom.  It should be up on the Files section of ANZ group page in a few days.
Bill Colford

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> gremlins?
> HI isettajoe,
> Sorry to hear about your mishappenings on you Honda.
> Give this a try, follow one of the battery cables (I can't remember which > one) up towards the fender (away from the fan housing) this should lead you to > a small black rectangle box which opens up and has a single metal fuse which > connects to the battery cable. The fuse might have a crack in it, or is burnt > out, you can actually get your car running again by removing it and > reconnecting the battery cable to the other side of the connector where one > side of the fuse was connected. I have been told that one does not have to > replace the fuse, but I am a purest, and replaced it by getting another fuse > from my Honda dealer for about 35 cents.
> I hope this is helpful, and that you get you Honda up and running soon.
> Billy
> isettajoe
> wrote:
> > Drat!
> > I finally had a chance to take my 600 to our antique car club > > meeting > > last night. It ran fine and I beeped the horn and waved at a > > friend as I > > passed his house. After the meeting, I went out and > > answered questions > > about it and felt pretty good. Then I got in, > > fired it up, and NO > > LIGHTS. I wiggled fuses, checked a few wires, > > and checked other > > stuff. No horn, no turn signals, but I did have > > hazard lights. Checked a > > few more things, the checked again and no > > hazard lights. Left it there > > last night and retrieved it this > > morning. Not happy.
> > Is there
> > some known weak spot that might be the problem? Don't want > > to be rooting > > around under the dash and cause more problems if not > > necessary. Thanks > > for any ideas.
> > PS The folks at the antique car club really liked the
> > Honda 600! Most
> > had never seen one (which is probably typical here in
> > Indiana.)
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