uh oh! bad fuse?

[Ironmike]

Decided today to find out why my cig lighter doesn't work. Lighter itself is unused and appears original so I stuck my 12v circuit tester in the light socket and poof!
Now I have no dash lights, no interior map(kick panel) lights and of all things, no tail lights.
My interior dome light, brake lights and turn signals ARE working.
Didn't have a lot of time, but it looked like all my fuses are ok. I really only had 5 minutes to look due to getting my butt to work, and some of those fuses look like 1971 vintage.

Oh, by the way, it's a 1971 Demon. Are there some other fuses somewhere else?

 

[D Cluley]

I've done that. It's pretty easy to brush part of the tester probe against the housing of the lighter. Dead short, and a blown fuse!

Sometimes they blow at the end under the cap so you can't really see it.

 

[Ironmike]

Thanks D. Blown just under the cap. Never seen it before. Learned me a new lesson today.

 

[RedFish]

All but the tip of my test light is covered with electric tape for that reason.