Glad I was of some help. Electrical issues can be challenging. When the problem is resolved a feeling of satisfaction comes over you. A GOOD FEELING. Many times using the KISS principal (keep it simple stupid) applies in MANY situations!!!! You were driving yourself crazy (as well as MANY others) & doing diagnostics BEFORE the simple things. This can throw you completely off,as it did, getting into the deeper diagnostics before doing the basic things 1st. Very happy/glad it worked out for you.
I usually try & repair the original parts/pieces BEFORE replacing with the junk that's made today. After doing something/replacing parts MANY times over & over again you start to think, is it just me???? & questioning your own abilities. Even the quality parts available today are JUNK!!!!!
As an example on a customers Civic. The right rear window motor stopped working. Can't replace just the motor but the whole regulator assembly. Called around to find the best price on a quality replacement part. Finally settled on Dorman over Honda. Ordered & replaced. Two days later not working again. Ordered another & installed. One month later stopped working. At this point you think that there has to be something else wrong &/or doubting your diagnostic capabilities. To check window switches, etc. you MUST remove the door panels. Much work in itself. Checking ALL the switches, including the Master switch on the drivers panel, as a defective Master could be causing ALL the problems. No such luck in this case. Ordered another. Installed, not a thought was put into checking operation before completion, just assembled. Now the window went up in the down position & down in the up position. Could have been fixed easily by swapping the wires before installing door panel to complete the job at hand. Dumb move on my part, hadn't been had a problem before, this is what happens when you ASSUME. At this point the customer was waiting & said she could put up with that & felt sorry for me as I have SSSSOOOO much time into this at N/C to her. Four months later this assembly failed. HAD to get a Honda part. Been working fine for three years now. How much time & money was spent on my part, not counting the time the customer was inconvenienced as well as myself???? How do I charge for this??? It's not her fault as neither is it mine. Put in a labor claim & after much MORE time was wasted the labor claim was denied as this is an electrical part even though we ALL know it was a manufacturing fault.
Again, just my thoughts.
Tom T.
Tom Telesco
Classic and Muscle Automotive
12 Cook St.
Norwalk, CT 06853-1601
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