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Old Dec 18, 2007 | 10:02 AM
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ok someone disscontected my dash lights for some sort of test and now i want to put them back on but i dont know were it is he discontected it its not a fuse i already checked that and i dont see anything disconected under the dash unless im looking in the wrong place some one please help
Old Dec 18, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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You try playing with the rheostat that dims the dash lighting?
Old Dec 18, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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i looked at it everything seems to be in place
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 10:02 AM
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nobody knows?
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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Which lights are out? The lights behind the gauges or the brake/check engine center lights? Which fuse box did you check?

The connectors to the dash are behind the gauges. They would have had to remove the dash cover to get to them, and if the connectors were removed/loose then some of the gauges should not be working as well.
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by turbowannab
ok someone disscontected my dash lights for some sort of test and now i want to put them back on but i dont know were it is he discontected it its not a fuse i already checked that and i dont see anything disconected under the dash unless im looking in the wrong place some one please help
This is weird, did you ask the person who disconnected it? Maybe the lights burnt out when they were moved.
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by brgracer
Which lights are out? The lights behind the gauges or the brake/check engine center lights? Which fuse box did you check?

The connectors to the dash are behind the gauges. They would have had to remove the dash cover to get to them, and if the connectors were removed/loose then some of the gauges should not be working as well.
just the lights behind the gauges dont work. but all the guages are working and i checked the fuse box in the driver side
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Originally Posted by Loki047
This is weird, did you ask the person who disconnected it? Maybe the lights burnt out when they were moved.
was some cheap shop that isnt even open anymore
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Not the easiest thing to do, but if you pull out the dimmer switch and figure out which wires are what from a Haynes/online wiring diagram, you could jumper the live 12v wire up to the power wire that goes to the gauge lights to r/o a dimmer switch issue. If the gauges are working then, I doubt it's the connectors behind the dash. Most likely the dimmer, maybe a fuse/bulbs?
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thanks ill try to do that i think theres a wiring diagram in the archives
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got working tail lights? not brake lights, tail lights.

same fuse. labeled "TAIL" 15amp fuse.
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