Dash lights don't work anymore?
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05/11/09 02:04 PM
05/11/09 02:04 PM
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SomeCarGuy
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I have 12 volts at the wires to the dimmer wheel. The only light that has worked this year is the aftermarket tach for about 10 seconds one night.
The lights all used to work.
COuld it be just one blown bulb causing this? I wouldn't think so since the tach lit up for a short time. If it were the ground for the tach it wouldn't read the RPMs would it?
It looks to me that a couple of the dash lights are gone, but they weren't there when the lights worked before.
Should I just keep trying to find a blown buble someplace? Is there a ground for the system that I need to find and check?
69 B body. Standard dash.
I want my fair share
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Re: Dash lights don't work anymore?
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05/12/09 10:37 PM
05/12/09 10:37 PM
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Alaskan_TA
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Some electrical things on these cars will not make sense. As an example..... I had a 1970 Barracuda. The previous owner had deleted the entire wiper system. I bought it in Oregon & had to drive it to get it home, so I found the linkage, arms & a wiper motor there. The only problem was, I bought a 3-speed wiper motor but the car had a two speed wiper switch. I could not find the right switch before I left for home, but by accident I discovered that the wipers would cycle one time if I honked the horn. I passed through a couple of rain storms on the way home, but I made it OK. Beep-beep!
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Re: Dash lights don't work anymore?
[Re: SomeCarGuy]
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05/13/09 09:53 PM
05/13/09 09:53 PM
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SomeCarGuy
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I went and got a headlight switch today. It would appear to not be close, I actually think it is for a push/pull switch with the built in dimmer, I think it is for a Ford There would be no way to even think of using it unless the wores were broken apart from the factory connector. I do have 12 volts on two of those wires, one is black with a blue tracer I think, and the other has wo black wires that come into it. That is all on the cluster connector, about 5 wires total. Could I check that circuit by just moving the spade connector on the back of the fuse panel to one that has juice? That might fry the circuit though. Who sells the proper headlight switch? O was given a Standard part # DS-165, also has A2S on the box. YO doesn't list the switch.
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