I replaced my headliner this week, finally got bad enough to fix. Replaced the tan with Black. With my Black interior, it actually looks pretty awesome.

However, once i put it back together i got two electrical gremlins.

The remote lock does not work.
The radio does not work, is completely blacked out.
The clock is very faintly lit, does not appear to work.

I would bet that i put an errant screw into a wire somewhere?

Does anyone have a thought on what I may have done, how these three items are connected?

Thanks,

 

Just curious. Did you recover with fabric or did you paint it? I was going to tackle my headliner and was looking for ideas.

 

It took a couple hours to strip it down, clean all the pieces.
Then another couple hours to put it all together, including the headliner. It was my second time doing a headliner. Definitely took my time.
I used a cheap, $40, piece of fabric from WSL. If i cared more about the truck, I would spent more, it is not super high quality, but will probably last longer than the truck. 2 cans of 3M M90 adhesive, used every drop.

I am sure it could be done quicker if someone was interested in rushing.

 

The receiver for the alarm and keyless entry system is mounted in front of the rear sunroof beneath the headliner so I suppose it's possible that its connector got knocked out of position or its wiring got damaged.


RAVE says you can get to it by removing the trim from the rear sunroof, then pop out the rear sunroof switch and remove the headliner screw behind it. That supposedly gives you enough access to get to the receiver.

I'm afraid I have nothing offer about why the radio and clock would have been affected by removing and replacing the headliner.

 

The fuses are fine.

I realized that the interior lights do not work aswell, so add that to the list.

I saw on rave where the remote senor is, the rear sunroof, as pointed out. Although, I know the light worked until the very last steps, which was tightening the front panel.

However, I suspect that the furthest screw to the right on the front trim panel, where the sun visors connect may be my problem. The screw had a really tough time going in, i suspect it went off track and I hit a wire bundle. Does power to everything run through there? I will check out rave again.

I will tackle it this weekend.

Any other thoughts are appreciated.

 

do u have any pictures of the headliner? im looking for ideas for my 04 disco 2

 

Ill post some once i get it back together. I took it apart to find my electrical problem.

The list of electrical oddities is growing. i had a fusible link out, #5 if i recall, and a 50 amp fuse blown, forget which.

wish me luck.