[C1] Lights
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Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Harleysville Pa
Lights
Coming home from a car show last night my dash lights and taillights went out. Everything else worked so I think it was a switch. This happened a few years ago and I replaced the headlight switch purchased from NAPA. I have all new Lectric Limited harnesses so I think I have another bad switch. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
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From: Quebec, Canada
I had the same thing happen on my '61. The tail lights and the dash lights go through the same fuse. The problem was that the connectors for that fuse in the fuse box were corroded. The corrosion caused the fuse to to heat up and blow the fuse. I had the same problem again with the high beam breaker in my 1985 Renault Alliance. In both cases I cleaned the connectors, applied some dielectric grease and the problem never arose again.
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I had the same thing happen on my '61. The tail lights and the dash lights go through the same fuse. The problem was that the connectors for that fuse in the fuse box were corroded. The corrosion caused the fuse to to heat up and blow the fuse. I had the same problem again with the high beam breaker in my 1985 Renault Alliance. In both cases I cleaned the connectors, applied some dielectric grease and the problem never arose again.
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