dash panel lights gone
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Ludlow Ma
dash panel lights gone
the lights on my 88 dash panel are out! fuses are good. everything is working but i need a flashlight at night to see how fast i'm going, pressure, etc. :lol: anyone else had all the panel lights go at once and not be a fuse??? thanks for any help.
[Modified by JIMBO7, 10:54 PM 8/17/2002]
[Modified by JIMBO7, 10:54 PM 8/17/2002]
Team Owner
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From: San Pedro CA
Re: dash panel lights gone (JIMBO7)
I don't know much about those, but I would pull the thing apart and make sure the connections to the dash are good.
the other option is that it done blow'd up.
:cry
the other option is that it done blow'd up.
:cry
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: Clever, MO aka SOMO
Re: dash panel lights gone (JIMBO7)
Mine goes out once in awhile. It seems that it only happens after I'm parked in bright sunlite where the dash pad and interior really get heated up.
I've seen here on the CF that it's probably caused by a bad ground connection, but I've never had my dash apart yet.
What I do, is gently tap my hand on top of the dash pad above the gauges.......and......it (the dash lites) just pop back to life!!!!!! Go figure, eh??????
Hey, it's works for me.....and it may work for you. Just don't hit it too hard.
Good luck
Fix :seeya
I've seen here on the CF that it's probably caused by a bad ground connection, but I've never had my dash apart yet.
What I do, is gently tap my hand on top of the dash pad above the gauges.......and......it (the dash lites) just pop back to life!!!!!! Go figure, eh??????
Hey, it's works for me.....and it may work for you. Just don't hit it too hard.
Good luck
Fix :seeya
Team Owner
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From: Cincinnati, Oh USA
Re: dash panel lights gone (JIMBO7)
All 4 lamps could be burned out, but I doubt it. The most likely explanation is an unsoldered pin on the forward circuit board in the cluster. There is a single row of pins on the forward board that plug into the socket of the rear board and the pin closest to the center of the circuit board carries the lamp current. An age relaxed spring on the socket causes connection resistance and the lamp current through this resistance makes heat which eventually unsolders the pin. The easiest permanent fix is to solder a short insulated piece of hookup wire from the back of the front board pin to the rear of the rear board socket. Resoldering the pin won't work and it would be difficult to find a replacement socket. It would be worth the small effort to examine the lamps to determine if they are indeed blown out. If so, replacement is the cure.
Race Director
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From: Partying with the Cowboys cheerleaders in Mt. Olive, New Jersey
Re: dash panel lights gone (jfb)
All 4 lamps could be burned out, but I doubt it. The most likely explanation is an unsoldered pin on the forward circuit board in the cluster. There is a single row of pins on the forward board that plug into the socket of the rear board and the pin closest to the center of the circuit board carries the lamp current. An age relaxed spring on the socket causes connection resistance and the lamp current through this resistance makes heat which eventually unsolders the pin. The easiest permanent fix is to solder a short insulated piece of hookup wire from the back of the front board pin to the rear of the rear board socket. Resoldering the pin won't work and it would be difficult to find a replacement socket. It would be worth the small effort to examine the lamps to determine if they are indeed blown out. If so, replacement is the cure.
Team Owner
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From: Cincinnati, Oh USA
Re: dash panel lights gone (JIMBO7)
No springs or ball bearings to go bouncing down the driveway! :D
Go to http://www.batee.com and go through his pictures and explaination of how to remove the cluster .
Go to http://www.batee.com and go through his pictures and explaination of how to remove the cluster .
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2000
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From: X
Re: dash panel lights gone (jfb)
Here is another one... http://www.corvettemagazine.com/1999...ash/dashp1.asp
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Drifting
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From: Yakima WA
Re: dash panel lights gone (JIMBO7)
MY digital dash went out a few days ago, for just the ride home. They are fine now and haven't went out again. No idea what caused it. Lose connection, is my uneducated guess.
