Chrysler Repair: 1990 Imperial: Fuse 16 shorted out, fuse box, ground trace

Question
Website will not let me follow up, but you asked whether I removed the black plug at the body computer and the plug cluster and the under hood light in the engine compartment.  I removed both plugs off the body computer and took it out.  I removed the hood light.  I removed the digital dash completely.  I got .3 readings after every removal—no change after any individual item.

Answer
Hi Bob,
If you have removed everything, then what remains is to follow the two pink wires from the cold side of the #16 fuse. You may have to demount the fuse box to get to the back side. One goes to the body computer, the other to a splice that contains 8 other wires that go ultimately to everything else. I would suggest that you disconnect the two pink wires at the fuse box and see which one is grounded out. You should be able to tell if it goes to pin 16 at the body computer black plug or to a common splice located under the dash near the firewall, just above the center tunnel slightly to the passenged side of center. You would find a total of 9 pink wires at that splice and so if you open it up and separate the wires you should find one that is shorted to ground. Trace that wire to see where it is shorted and you will solve the problem or by elimination try to power up the other non-shorted wires and see which item is missing its power and that would be what is the problem device (wire actually). I wish there were a simpler way but I don't know of it. Did I misunderstand that you thought it was the cluster that was shorting it out? While the Imperial is the 'top of the line' a lot of wires are needed for all the frills. Please let me know what you learn.
Roland