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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
[Re: roadrunner7020]
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06/20/11 03:54 AM
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Try jumping the dash dimmer switch to test the switch I'll post a picture as soon as possible on what needs to be jumped I lost my lights and have them jumped for now. You'll lose the ability to turn on and off the dome light but it will let you know of the switch is bad
If one wants to still have the rotary dimmer control the dome lite, while the jumper bypassing the rheostadt is installed..
Simply run 1 more wire from the connector back to that respective terminal on the rotary dimmer control. The dome lite works by grounding that terminal..
Just my $0.02... 
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
[Re: MidPenMopar]
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06/20/11 07:29 AM
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I looked in my '67 FSM and if the circuitry is the same for '69, the fuse for the instrument panel lights feeds the lights directly, the fuse for the tailights feeds the headlight switch directly. If you have a voltmeter, check for voltage at the tailight fuse and the instrument panel light fuse. No power at tailight fuse, problem is before the switch. Power at the instrument panel light fuse, switch is OK and problem is in the dash. You can fill in the other possibilities. A little troubleshooting is easier than tearing the whole dash apart.
(Don't feel bad, I have to pull the front seat out to work on anything under the dash)
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
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06/21/11 09:03 AM
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Possibly. The dash lights still get voltage from the headlight switch.
Ok thanks Jim, i'm at a loss as how to do this repair without getting under the dash. I just can not get under there anymore so i hope it cna be fixed from the front of the dash. 
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
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06/21/11 09:20 AM
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Possibly. The dash lights still get voltage from the headlight switch.
Ok thanks Jim, i'm at a loss as how to do this repair without getting under the dash. I just can not get under there anymore so i hope it cna be fixed from the front of the dash.
Don't drive at night 
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
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06/21/11 09:51 AM
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Grab a skinny kid out of the alley and make him go under there. Seriously, can't you find some one to help? I take the seat out as well. Then my fat a** can lay down and get it done. Kinda my favorite position these days. Still get my arms cut and stuck, so I try to get one of the Grand kids to volenteer. 
I have mechanical Aptitude.
I can screw up anything.
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
[Re: bboogieart]
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06/21/11 02:31 PM
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Grab a skinny kid out of the alley and make him go under there.
Seriously, can't you find some one to help? I take the seat out as well. Then my fat a** can lay down and get it done. Kinda my favorite position these days. Still get my arms cut and stuck, so I try to get one of the Grand kids to volenteer.
I know a thin kid who lives nearby.......but he works a LOT.......
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
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I know a thin kid who lives nearby.......but he works a LOT.......
If Alan is knowledgeable on this sort of thing and wants to earn some cash I would gladly pay him for his time to fix this for me.
It's almost impossible to find anyone who will work on electrical stuff like this anymore. I had no problem doing it myself a few years ago, but things sure have changed since then mobility wise.
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
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06/21/11 08:16 PM
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It's the accessibility of that dash Stu. You could have fixed it by now just about blindfolded, if the whole dash was out of the car and laying face down on your workbench or countertop in your bar there, so you could even enjoy a cold one or two while repairing. 
Oh i know as i did all the switches last time on my other 69 and 70 with issues at all. I did have to lay under the dash for an hour or so but the hardest part was finding the switches not taking them out and reinstlaling them. I tried last weekend to lay under there and in 30 seconds i was wrecked..... 
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
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06/22/11 04:58 PM
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Coming home tonight in my 1969 road runner i lost all my dash lights. The headlights and parking lights work fine and the dimmer will turn on the interior light if i click it all the way. Just all my dash light are dead. They just shut off by themselves with no warning. I had all the switches rebuilt a couple of years ago and all has been fine since i got the whole dash back.
So what do you think would be the most logical place to start looking to fix the problem??
Thanks
Stu
Stu..
Here is a contact for an experienced auto-electric shop, near U..
GF Automotive
202 Ryan Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 952-8440
Just my $0.02...
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Re: Lost all my dash lights tonight where would i start ?
[Re: Sinitro]
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06/22/11 09:39 PM
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[GF Automotive
202 Ryan Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 952-8440
Just my $0.02...
Thank you for the referal but I use to go to them for a lot of stuff like that but they ripped me off so badly a few years ago i vowded to never use them again.
From time to time i would stop by and chat with the lady owner and one day I was in there and the she told me they were very slow, so i flet bad for them offered to let them install two under dash guages i bought. She told me at the most two hours labor at $100 an hour as no parts were needed. I agreed and when i came back to pick up the car the bill was over $700!! Just to put in two guages, i supplied even. 
The mechenic who did the work appoligezed to me and said he could not control what his boss charges but he felt i was ripped off as well. I complained and she said i was not getting the car back ever untill i paid the $700 and if the car got messed up when i was disputing the bill it was not her fault. So i paid and told her i would do my best to let everyone know what a con job she pulled on me. That was my expernce with GF automotive. 
I am hopeing as soon as i can get my back to heal enough to let me get under the dash i will attack the situation. I appericate all the good advice and one great idea was to bypass the dimmer circut and just go for all the time full bightness when the dash lights are on.
For anyone who as never had back issues it's incredible to discribe the excruciating pain that can be caused by lying in contored positions for more than a minute or two.
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