All is FINALLY well!!!
Getting to that secondary bank of hidden fuses was such a huge pain. Whomever designed that needs to be fired. I started loosening one of the top power wire nuts to give me room to remove the secondary cover when I heard a “plop”. The damn screw posts are not held in place so it dropped to the tray below. Thank goodness I had a magnetic nut/bolt tool. Once I retrieved it and put the nut back on, I proceeded to just loosen the rest to give me enough room to bend the wires up. That gave me enough room finally to release the sliding trap door protecting the secondary row. Continuity test confirmed F82 was blown/shorted.
Now where to find a 40A MIDI fuse. Called a couple electric supply places to no avail. Autozone clerk didn’t even know where to begin when I said “MIDI fuse”. Finally got lucky and a local auto parts store knew what I needed and had exactly one in stock.
Got it installed and reconnected the 12V battery. Checked for power on pin30 of K11. Still zero.
Expletive laden few mins followed.
I decided to check the new fuse again, assuming it had instantly blown, but to my surprise, it was still good. At this point I threw in the towel and decided I had done as much as I could. As I was putting all the covers, air box, etc. back on, the compressor comes to life and my stanced-out lowrider lifts itself up!! The SAS computer must’ve needed to go through its boot sequence and clear previous faults.
Talk about relief! I climbed in the car and cycled through all the height settings and the car responded with no issues.
Can’t thank you enough
@Gtech ! Not only did you save me $$ (I spent prob 6hrs total diagnosing, etc.), but I had a small road trip planned this weekend that can now take place.