Re: Dash Lights
[Re: Mopar Sam]
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09/06/16 01:58 PM
09/06/16 01:58 PM
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Ok. Now it's a hard one. Most likely you have a wire shorting out through the light circuit. It's drawing current through the lights (lighting the filaments) and returning the current to ground. The lights are acting as a fuse sort of, but not drawing so much current as to burn up wiring.
Look for pinched wires or cracked insulation. I'd start under the hood. There is only one harness that has lighting there. Next, check in trunk. You can unplug each of those two harnesses and check for grounds. Last, and more involved, will be checking under dash. Look for wires I areas that things move (clutch, brake pedal, e-brake, ash tray).
Good luck.
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Re: Dash Lights
[Re: buildanother]
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09/06/16 03:10 PM
09/06/16 03:10 PM
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Sorry for the brainfart. On rereading my post I thought that can't be right so I dug up the wiring diagrams and confirmed that I could not have been more wrong. Sorry again, I should have looked it up first.
It still sounds like something might have been inadvertantly connected to the instrument light circuit and is back feeding it.
Last edited by GomangoCuda; 09/06/16 06:34 PM.
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Re: Dash Lights
[Re: Mopar Sam]
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09/06/16 06:18 PM
09/06/16 06:18 PM
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Should the orange wires have power all the time? Mine do. Orange - power with ignition or accessory ON Pink - On all the time
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Re: Dash Lights
[Re: Morty426]
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09/06/16 06:22 PM
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Should the orange wires have power all the time? Mine do. Orange - power with ignition or accessory ON Pink - On all the time Yep I had a brain fart on the orange wires. Sorry
Last edited by GomangoCuda; 09/06/16 06:30 PM.
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