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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
1. Do you have a test light? If not get one.
2. Do any of the dash lights come on with the headlights/parking lights?
So I shouldve been more clear: When I turn the headlights ON: the cluster goes dark, the radio goes dark, and the climate control display goes dark too. And based on the wiring diagram you provided, they all share a ground?
With the headlights ON, the turn signal still lights up in the cluster. So does the High beam indicator.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
Bought a NOS headlight switch.
With the LED 194s in the cluster illumination, it will pop fuse 13 when I turn the parking lights on and/or the headlights.
When I put incandescent 194 bulbs in, the fuse doesnt blow, but the cluster doesnt light up with the headlights on. It still lights up with the key on.
Any thoughts? Could it be something in the cluster? Because the fuse doesnt pop with the headlights ON and when theres no bulbs in the illumination sockets.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
That'll help for the short term, but you should consider modifying the lighting system to have power for the LO-HI beams run through a couple relays, instead of through the switch.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
I dove back into this issue and I made a discovery: the headlight switch gets really hot. Like hot enough that the coil for the rheostat was glowing. I'm not a genius, but if its getting that hot, that means its pulling a lot of current. So guess i'll be ordering a new headlight switch.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
I'm thinking this might be an issue on the backside of the cluster.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Instrument Cluster Lights out
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Electrical Tech / Instrument Cluster Lights out
The illumination for my instrument cluster works normal, until I turn the headlights on. Then they just go black. Not illuminated at all. And its not just the cluster, the illimunation on the radio goes out too.
Is my headlight switch bad? I didn't really dig into it yet. Just drove it for the first time since getting parked for the winter.
Thanks,
-Kyle
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User Rides / Re: Chuck's '83 TBird
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Body Repair/Metal Work/Painting / Re: Fiberglass trunk?
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Electrical Tech / Re: The stock digital tach is apparently very inaccurate
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Re: Is my car supposed to talk?
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Re: 3D Printable parts library
The white block-off panel, isnt 100% ready yet. My measurements for the bolt pattern is off slightly. I'll be more than happy to share after I make Revsions to it.