instrument gage light
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instrument gage light
One of the instrument gage lights on my 69 is not working. Have power going to the socket but when I put a bulb in it doest't work. Bulb is good and even tried putting some foil in to tighten contact area. Any opinions? F****d with for a couple of hours with no results. Thanks
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I had similar problems and here is how I am in the middle of doing mine.
I had some of my instrument panel light bulbs missing and some I thought were burnt on my 1979. When I took the panel out, I noticed that the ones I thought were burnt were not. The problem was with the printed circuit connectors. It has blown the connection to those bulbs. In order to fix those connections, a friend of mine suggested I buy a kit that is used to repair rear window defogger. It is liquid copper. It is easy to use. It worked very good. It took care of the problem. While you are there, it is not a bad idea to replace all bulbs with new ones. I hope this can help.
Good luck!!
ps. Change the sockets also.
I had some of my instrument panel light bulbs missing and some I thought were burnt on my 1979. When I took the panel out, I noticed that the ones I thought were burnt were not. The problem was with the printed circuit connectors. It has blown the connection to those bulbs. In order to fix those connections, a friend of mine suggested I buy a kit that is used to repair rear window defogger. It is liquid copper. It is easy to use. It worked very good. It took care of the problem. While you are there, it is not a bad idea to replace all bulbs with new ones. I hope this can help.
Good luck!!
ps. Change the sockets also.
Last edited by carupano; Nov 23, 2004 at 01:30 PM.
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From: Las Vegas NV
Originally Posted by carupano
I had similar problems and here is how I am in the middle of doing mine.
I had some of my instrument panel light bulbs missing and some I thought were burnt on my 1979. When I took the panel out, I noticed that the ones I thought were burnt were not. The problem was with the printed circuit connectors. It has blown the connection to those bulbs. In order to fix those connections, a friend of mine suggested I buy a kit that is used to repair rear window defogger. It is liquid copper. It is easy to use. It worked very good. It took care of the problem. While you are there, it is not a bad idea to replace all bulbs with new ones. I hope this can help.
Good luck!!
ps. Change the sockets also.
I had some of my instrument panel light bulbs missing and some I thought were burnt on my 1979. When I took the panel out, I noticed that the ones I thought were burnt were not. The problem was with the printed circuit connectors. It has blown the connection to those bulbs. In order to fix those connections, a friend of mine suggested I buy a kit that is used to repair rear window defogger. It is liquid copper. It is easy to use. It worked very good. It took care of the problem. While you are there, it is not a bad idea to replace all bulbs with new ones. I hope this can help.
Good luck!!
ps. Change the sockets also.
Thanks!
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From: Atascadero Ca
you don't have printed circuit connectors on a 69. The sockets the bulbs go into provide the power. If you have 12v + going to the socket you either have a bad bulb or a bad ground. The socket itself provides the ground. I'd clean the contact area and try it again.
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Originally Posted by i885744
you don't have printed circuit connectors on a 69. The sockets the bulbs go into provide the power. If you have 12v + going to the socket you either have a bad bulb or a bad ground. The socket itself provides the ground. I'd clean the contact area and try it again.
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Originally Posted by Deep sea vet
What would be the cause of all the lights not working. I changed a blown fuse and it keeps blowing them.
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From: Las Vegas NV
Originally Posted by Larry B.
I had a couple that were like that and it was just a matter of a good clean ground between the socket and instrument housing.
Last edited by Motor City Vette; Nov 28, 2004 at 02:29 PM.