Dash lights
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From: virginia beach va
Dash lights
I have a 1971 and the dach lights are not working, I looked at the fuses and the fuse was bad so of course I changed it and it blow it again. I'm guessing it is grounding somewere but were. Any info would help. It sucks to drive with a flashlight at night to see the gauges. 
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by Deep sea vet
I have a 1971 and the dach lights are not working, I looked at the fuses and the fuse was bad so of course I changed it and it blow it again. I'm guessing it is grounding somewere but were. Any info would help. It sucks to drive with a flashlight at night to see the gauges.
Hmm I might look at the headlight switch first....
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From: Dyersburg TN
I feel your pain 
I had a short on my "trn sig " fuse I had to pull most of my dash , steering column , and finally found my problem over on the pass side , the flasher relay was grounding out on a metal bracket. The only suggestion I can give you..........if you can make the fuse blow under your control , ie. when turn the ignition , or the dash lights , buy a box of fuses and cover the fuse box up with a dark cloth , and try and spot the location of the ground "spark" in a dark enviroment..... I tried this , but I didn't cover the fuse box and I thought the flash was coming from the fuse box 
well after I pinched my tach wires and broke a plastic piece in my column , I figure I cost myself 2 weeks worth of time. 
I had a short on my "trn sig " fuse I had to pull most of my dash , steering column , and finally found my problem over on the pass side , the flasher relay was grounding out on a metal bracket. The only suggestion I can give you..........if you can make the fuse blow under your control , ie. when turn the ignition , or the dash lights , buy a box of fuses and cover the fuse box up with a dark cloth , and try and spot the location of the ground "spark" in a dark enviroment..... I tried this , but I didn't cover the fuse box and I thought the flash was coming from the fuse box well after I pinched my tach wires and broke a plastic piece in my column , I figure I cost myself 2 weeks worth of time.
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From: Science Bitch! Mississauga, Ontario
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So the headlight switch could cause the dash lights to blow a fuse? It happens to me everytime I turn on the parking lights...my console lights go off because of a blown fuse....
How is this problem solved? Replace the headlight switch or should something be grounded that isn't?
How is this problem solved? Replace the headlight switch or should something be grounded that isn't?
Drifting
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From: Fayetteville NC
Originally Posted by Deep sea vet
Thanks I'll give the head light switch a try to see if there is a short in it
Get the headlight switch. My daash lights do funny things due to movement of the headlight switch, but they will eventually come on.
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