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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 11:55 AM
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Is there anyone in the Tampa area that can help with understanding wiring for 78 vette ?
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From previous thread i read that guage lights controlled by orange green and gray wires. Does anybody know what this small box with Philips name on it is for ? Immage shows orange and green coming from small box and going to fuse box and grey going to plug on fuse box ..what is this? and is this why my gauge lights wont work?
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Also does anyone know what the brown and yellow wire connected to thos small board do and should this be attached to something? its just dangling
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Talking about upper left of picture , brown and yellow attached to small board with metal prongs , best way I can describe
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Any help at thos point does not need to be local
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Also does anyone know what the brown and yellow wire connected to thos small board do and should this be attached to something? its just dangling
Do you have delay wipers?
That plugs into the fuse panel in place of the wiper fuse.
If you don't have the delay wipers it's just tucked up out of the way.
That board alone does NOT give you delay wipers.
This is 1978 technology only

Is the "Phillips" box the squarish thing in the pics with like speaker holes in the side?
Ignition buzzer.
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thanks for the reply on this ...so the little box that looks like speaker has nothing to do with Gauge lights right?
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do you know which wires from the fuse panel control gauge light and headlight switch? Also what is the difference between a dimmer switch and headlight switch, I thought the headlight switch also was dimmer for gauges
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