I managed to blow my battery fuse recently and since then I haven't had a radio and my shifter and dash don't light up. I've replaced all blown fuses. What should I be looking for?

 

Well if you blew on of the fuses in the under hood time to get a new one. Pull the one you have, those larger amp fuses have two screws holding them down. Go to the local parts store and get a new one....install, done

Since I'm a big fan of the 3rd gens,,,,,,,what kind is yours? LX, DX, LXi.....2 ,3 or 4 door?

 

It's an lxi hatchback. I guess I'd overlooked a fuse labeled "tail lights" which also goes to my dash. I'm thinking now that since my radio is after market that there's a fuse behind it which means I'll need to get the special stereo tools to uninstall it.

 

That would depend on how it was wired. If you replaced the underhood fuse and everything "BUT" the radio is not working - clock it fine and "keeps" time - I would check the under dash fuse for the radio.