94 lumina hvac controls not working

[NCTyphoonKid]

On my z34 I’ve been having some issues with the hvac controls, nothing works no fan, no heat or air not even the lights for them. I switched it out with another unit and same thing I’ve got nothing. All fuses look ok anyone have this happen before. Also the dash lights don’t come on until I turn the radio on not sure why also but when they are on there super dim

[Imp558]

Use a volt meter to make sure there's power at the fuses. Then look at every ground and make sure one isn't corroded.

[55trucker]

  On 6/23/2018 at 8:39 PM, NCTyphoonKid said:

 Also the dash lights don’t come on until I turn the radio on not sure why also but when they are on there super dim

You've got a poor ground situation for the cluster, the circuit is looking for a path to ground, when you turn on the radio that circuit is being used as the ground path. The radio circuit is also a load, that is the reason why all the lights are dim.

[NCTyphoonKid]

If I turn the key not all the way on I can get the lights to come on for the hvac stuff but nothing works so I think it gets some power to have those come on, anyone know a good place where the grounds would be on one of these

[55trucker]

What do you get when you turn the ignition in the other direction to *acc*?

[NCTyphoonKid]

With acc I just get the radio to come on and the cluster lights super dim

[55trucker]

Has this issue always been there in the time you've owned the vehicle or did it appear after you *did* something?

[Imp558]

  On 6/24/2018 at 2:41 AM, 55trucker said:

Has this issue always been there in the time you've owned the vehicle or did it appear after you *did* something?

 

I usually phase this a little more gently:

 

"Was there any work done to the machine/vehicle before these symptoms started?"

 

But from now on I'm going with how you put it, air quotes and all!

[NCTyphoonKid]

It’s been like this since I bought it nothing I’ve done to it

[Imp558]

The old owner had a hokey car stereo install I thought?

[NCTyphoonKid]

He did but I haven’t found any messed up wiring other than the radio wiring but I have replaced that with factory wiring

[55trucker]

  On 6/24/2018 at 3:28 AM, NCTyphoonKid said:

It’s been like this since I bought it nothing I’ve done to it

I see,

 

this is the first time you've brought up the matter since picking up the car.

 

Do you have a factory service manual for the car?  trying to diagnose electrical issues is going to be difficult without knowing where the various splices & ground location points are.

[Galaxie500XL]

Sounds an awful lot like a badly aligned ignition switch, or a bad switch.

[NCTyphoonKid]

  On 6/24/2018 at 11:20 AM, 55trucker said:

I see,

 

this is the first time you've brought up the matter since picking up the car.

 

Do you have a factory service manual for the car? trying to diagnose electrical issues is going to be difficult without knowing where the various splices & ground location points are.

I’ve just not got around to fixing it up until now been trying to fix everything else and I do have the 94 lumina manual set

[55trucker]

Well look in the manual, section 8/8A is electrical, electrical wiring diagrams, look in the index, page for Headlight/foglights, 

 

in my book it is page 8A/100, yours may be the same,on the last page after the diagrams you should come across a page that is titled *Component Locations*......lets you know on which page to look to find where all of the splices & grounds are pictured. Directly after Component Location should be the start of the Troubleshooting section.

[Go4DaMo]

While we're on the subject, my 93 wont blow air out the vents. Anybody run into a common place to look for a vacuum leak? Thanks and good luck, fellow Lumina driver!

 

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[Nas Escobar]

  On 6/26/2018 at 10:12 PM, Mr. Dead Thread said:

While we're on the subject, my 93 wont blow air out the vents. Anybody run into a common place to look for a vacuum leak? Thanks and good luck, fellow Lumina driver!

 

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Is it blowing at the defroster and floor?

 

You'd have to check the vacuum line that goes to the vacuum ball in the fender.

[Go4DaMo]

Thanks !!!

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