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Thank you all for the help. Yes I know how to use a multimeter and did that After my original post to confirm the short.
Now finding it seems to be the relentless battle I face.
I would never put a fuse in larger than it called for - my dad raised me better than that. Lol
ill go down these suggestions and do what I can. I do have an appt Monday at corvette specialists to put a new canvas on my soft top frame. The hard top is a two person job and it’s just me. It’s too damn hot to have the top up here in Texas. And we get surprise rains 🤦♀️ So I’ll see what happens this weekend.
mom still curious if this could be related to the ground not getting reconnected for the new dash gauge. It was disconnected when the aluminum radiator and fans were installed and the mechanic Never hooked it back up 🙄. All gauges and This is Elvira I took off the air filter to see if I could find that ground wire. No luck. But I didn’t really know what I was looking for other than a loose wire.
light bulbs are new
The lights work and are new. No other lights are out other than the dash lights. Only one comes on and right now I forget Which one it is . I want to say it was one that had something to do with the lights. I’ll drive it tomorrow and see, it’s Friday and Elvira needs some fresh air.
[QUOTE=brit vet;1602029185]Welcome to the '71 club! More pics of the full Corvette please
Thanks for this. I sent a reply but it hasn’t shown up. It had pics. I’ll try and attach them to this. If they show up twice I apologize. I removed air filter to look for the ground wire to the temp gauge in dash Was disconnected when the aluminum radiator and fans were installed. Mechanic did not hook that gauge up. The others appear to work
The temp gauge use a single conductor wire that goes from the temp sensor (looks like a spark plug) located on the driver side of the engine. With all the excellent advice that you may have received, I will offer an easy test for a missing/broken ground to the instrument or gauge cluster. Take about three feet of 18 gauge wire and strip the insulation off each end. Make a temporary ground. Secure one end of the wire to the metal brace under the dash and then touch the other end of the wire to anywhere on the gauge cluster. Do this with the parking lights on, and have someone see if the gauge lights come on. If none of the lights come on, then your ground is ok? You can also do the same test by touching the wire to the metal on the rear of the Center Gauge Cluster. Good Luck.
Nice car! I think you are going to have to pull the center console. Once you have that done, you can take one end of the VOM and connect it to a know good ground. Now take the other end and touch the back of the center gauge cluster metal - you should see a short. The bulbs are fed by a gray wire from the fuse panel that fans out and connects to all the center gauge bulbs. If you see a good ground (from the center gauge cluster metal back) then test the 12 volt feed from the fuse panel (5A fuse) to all the center gauge bulb sockets. Please have the battery disconnected (and no I am not trying to insult your intelligence, it;s just that some people rush and forget things they should not). You should see continuity between one end of the 5 Amp fuse socket and all the center gauge bulb feed gray wires. I know this because I have recently had this apart, so the memory is fresh in my mind. That's it - there really isn't much it. Let us know what you find...
So hurricane Laura is over. I’m back home. I got my daughter’s wedding completed and now I have time to try all these tests. The test with the headlight switch pulled out and rotated left, and use test light to see if test light lights up ( rheostat in headlight switch check ) do I now do this with the battery reconnected? I know another post said disconnect it but I wasn’t sure if that was just for checking the short in the 5a fuse.
this is probably common sense to you. But I’m now venturing into new things for me; which I like but just want to do it right and do all I can before going into a shop. Wish my dad could help me. I was his tool getter, reaching small spaces and beer grabber my entire childhood. Lol. Thanks for all the advice. Sorry I’m just now having time to try all of this. I’ve sorted them by what I think seems the least invasive and will go down the list. Beer in hand 🤦♀️ 🍻
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