Odd I/P Electrical concern - Videos attached
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Has anyone seen this concern before? Please see Youtube links below. Before I go poking and prodding in near 50 year old wire, I thought I'd ask if anyone has seen this concern before. Note:All EXTERIOR electrical lighting works properly under ALL conditions. Dimmer switch only allows full I/P backlighting or no I/P backlighting. Also the dome light feature is inoperative. The switch has operated this way for years. The concern in the videos is new. Suspecting:Faulty electrical switch Poor ground Shorted wiring/connector/component/Instrument Panel https://youtu.be/CO2scHN8d5ohttps://youtu.be/N0XcM3lz-FM
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Re: Odd I/P Electrical concern - Videos attached
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Bad Ground(s) for sure.
Check them all both at the turn signals and most definitely at the cluster. The symptom of your fuel gauge, and also likely temp gauge pegging like that with the lights on is a sure sign of a bad ground. Your cluster is finding ground through the senders and/or turn indicators.
Bet you've either got a broken pin on the circuit board or just simply a poor or corroded ground somewhere. It never hurts to add a secondary ground wire simply because you can't trust 50 year old wiring.
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Re: Odd I/P Electrical concern - Videos attached
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I do not.
What I would do to start is simply create a healthy length of wire, and connect it to ground on your cluster and a solid, clean area somewhere under the dash. I would almost guarantee these symptoms will go away.
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Re: Odd I/P Electrical concern - Videos attached
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Gremlins. You might be able to find a gremlin trap at your local animal control office.
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Re: Odd I/P Electrical concern - Videos attached
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I chased a bad ground causing turn signal indicators to light when they were not on. Found it on the drivers side on the socket itself for the front lamp.
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Re: Odd I/P Electrical concern - Videos attached
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03/27/17 03:57 AM
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I had a friend in High School that had a '69 Fury Convertible. Very rusty car. If you turned the hazard flashers on, the two-segment tail lights looked like wig-wags. That's where I first learned about ground issues denfireguy raises an excellent point. Could be faulty grounds at the socket, too. Make sure everything is clean. Also double check to make sure your bulbs are the correct type. Cramming a single-pole lamp into a double-pole socket can also create weirdness.
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