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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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This is probably an easy fix, but I'm pretty helpless when it comes to wiring.
I was driving along one night when I noticed one of the 2 speedo lights went out. Next time I looked down the speedo was dark and one of the tach lights was out, then the 2nd tach light was gone.
I tapped on the dash panel with my fist and they all came back on, then went back out one at a time. They don't work at all now, I suspect a bad ground. Any thoughts on where I should Look? I've been putting this off for months because I dread removing the dash panel again.
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- Jay
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by psycho dad
This is probably an easy fix, but I'm pretty helpless when it comes to wiring.
I was driving along one night when I noticed one of the 2 speedo lights went out. Next time I looked down the speedo was dark and one of the tach lights was out, then the 2nd tach light was gone.
I tapped on the dash panel with my fist and they all came back on, then went back out one at a time. They don't work at all now, I suspect a bad ground. Any thoughts on where I should Look? I've been putting this off for months because I dread removing the dash panel again.
Thanks in advance,
- Jay
Grounds for the lamps are the sockets themselves in most cases. So if someone has changed the harness and used lectric-limited, the sockets are probably falling out.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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Everything had been gone over at a shop about a month before, headlight switch was blowing fuses. I have a couple of sockets falling apart and were fixed. I don't think that's it.
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