OK, No Dash Lights

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Dash lights quit workin, every other light on the car works. What are the possible culprits. Switch, are they fused by themselves, what gives.
 
My guess is the dimmer in the headlight switch is bad. 67Dart273 should be along soon to help you with it. He is the electrical specialist.
~Michael
 
Check for power out of the fuse block.

The dimmer circuit usually has orange wiring.
 
The dash light dimmer gets it's power from the tail circuit, so make sure the park/ tail lamps are working.

Next go to the fuse panel. The dimmer OUTPUT goes to the inst fuse, (tan) through the fuse, and out to all the dimmer controlled lamps (orange)

So if the fuse does not seem to have power, make sure the switch is either in park/ tail or headlights, and turn the dimmer all the way until it clicks (dome light) This will be the brightest possible dash light position.

Now if the fuse has to power TO it, you have a bad dimmer. If you have power only to one side, the fuse is blown.
 
Thanks Gentlemen, I will look at it tomorrow. All of the lights work, park, tail, brake, dome, headlights, side markers... It probably is a fuse because they were on one minute and out the next. I haven't looked as I wasn't totally sure there was a separate fuse for them.

I added a couple of gauges so the lights in them probably put just enough extra load on the fuse to pop it.
 
Sorry if this is a lame suggestion, but have you tried twisting the switch around, sometimes you'll find a spot where you'll get a connection.
 
Lights fixed, it was the fuse. Now I need to replace the headlight switch, it only turns the dash lights on and off instead of dimming them.
 
goldfish65 said:
Sorry if this is a lame suggestion, but have you tried twisting the switch around, sometimes you'll find a spot where you'll get a connection.
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David, does your 65 do this? My 66 does, sometimes the dash lights don't work, I just turn the light switch knob a little and they are fine, maybe its an early-A thing? LOL
 
Ugh....back to no dash lights. I went out and double checked and the gas gauge is working all other lights on the car are working.

I replaced the cluster after the original "no dash light" problem. I have power to all fuses in the fuse block including the one I put in the other night that brought my lights back, with one exception. The left upper fuse has no power now with the key on or off.


:banghead:
 
There is one fuse that gets its power from the headlight switch. Pull the switch on and check that fuse again. hope this helps
 
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