Yet Another "No Dash Lights" Problem
Help! I checked for power at the fuse box. No power coming in. Unplugged the main harness under/near the steering column. No power. Where do I go next??
Please be more specific. "Where" at the fuse box exactly are you referring to? If the car starts and runs, and has other accessories and other lights working then there HAS to be some power somewhere at the fuse panel
dittle the "harness under the steering column." What exactly did you disconnect? The turn signal connector and the ignition switch connectors have NOTHING to do with dash lamps
Do you have TAIL and PARK lamps? That circuit is what powers the dash lamps, so the tail/ park MUST work FIRST
Tail and park by the way are SEPARATE from the headlights.
"Functionally" power comes from the "tail" fuse in the fuse box, goes to B2 on the light switch, and in either park or head, feeds power to tail, park, marker if equipped, and to the DASH LAMP DIMMER control (twist the light switch knob)
Wiggle the HECK out of the knob, twist it back and forth profusely to scrub the contacts clean, and make certain it's left "near the left" which is brighter
Now the power leaves the dash dimmer control and goes TO the "INST" fuse in the fuse panel. THIS LITTLE FUSE IS AT ONE END of your fuse panel. It is fed on TAN from the dimmer control, and the dash lighting leaves that fuse on ORANGE wiring
