need some help with courtesy lights
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need some help with courtesy lights
my interior lights don't turn on when the door is opened. the pushpins are fine and the wires are connected to them, but i dont see where they run to. :seeya
Melting Slicks
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (SizzleChest)
If its the same problem I had try this thread of mine from last year:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=126896
the reply from nunus79 was dead on.
Courtesy light timer was blown out, just needed to short out the two white wires and all has been fine since :cheers:
you will not have the slow dim several seconds after shutting the door but they wil come on and off when the door opens.
Good luck hope this helps.
John
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=126896
the reply from nunus79 was dead on.
Courtesy light timer was blown out, just needed to short out the two white wires and all has been fine since :cheers:
you will not have the slow dim several seconds after shutting the door but they wil come on and off when the door opens.
Good luck hope this helps.
John
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (SizzleChest)
I'm doing this from memory, so take all with a grain of salt. But I found my relay under the upper dash pad, behind the guages and headlamp switch. It's a silver cannister. I believe the circuit inside the cannister gets hot, and the heat acts as a switch, turning off the lamps when the threshold is reached. This is the delay.
I hope this helps. I found mine, messed with it a bit, and then next thing I knew, my courtesy lights were working again.
I hope this helps. I found mine, messed with it a bit, and then next thing I knew, my courtesy lights were working again.
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (joeveto)
On a 78 it's the orange box behind the glove box. It's about 1 1/2" by 2 1/2". Until I find a replacement I just unpluged the box and plugged the two harness of white wires together. It work just fine, but no delay.
Melting Slicks
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (SizzleChest)
is it with the relay for the turn signals? just below the glove box liner.
Pro
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (SizzleChest)
I have the 78 electrical troubleshooting manual scanned onto my website. This should help you solve any electrical problems
http://www.corvetteforum.net/c3/tune...l/index6.shtml
Vic
http://www.corvetteforum.net/c3/tune...l/index6.shtml
Vic
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (SizzleChest)
Sizzlechest
The guys are right,take the screws out of the glovebox,and pull the liner out,then you will see a pink colored deley switch,I bet that is your problem!
yo Bill
The guys are right,take the screws out of the glovebox,and pull the liner out,then you will see a pink colored deley switch,I bet that is your problem!
yo Bill
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (SizzleChest)
got the timer today, plugged it in and voila, let there be light! cost me $85 CDN though. the link to the other thread said the guy paid $40 US. now c'mon, our dollar is THAT bad.... is it? next on my list is the switch and light for the glove box. they're completely missing too
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (Bills79)
I'm having the same problem on my 78, but I'm a little confused. I haven't gone looking for the timer yet, but in the Electrical Diagram on tunedport78's web site, it states that the interior light timer is "In instrument Panel harness above speedometer/tachometer", which is in line with what joeveto said. But you said you found it behind the glovebox liner.
The electrical diagram is for a 78. :confused:
So, is this a early production / late production '78 thing?
The electrical diagram is for a 78. :confused:
So, is this a early production / late production '78 thing?
Melting Slicks
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Re: need some help with courtesy lights (Marc78)
On early '78's, it is located to the left of the steering column under the dash. Sometime during '78 production, it was relocated to the right of the glove box liner, where it is on all 79-82's.
It's currently available from Zip for $49.50 plus shipping.
:seeya
It's currently available from Zip for $49.50 plus shipping.
:seeya
