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Just like to part out trucks!!
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Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles
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Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
She wants to drive the blazer but I have no dash lights, no turn signal light, no lights at all on the dash!!! I can tear apart about anything but putting back together is a different thing to me. Blazerman rebuilt this speed warning/tach cluster for me and I put it on and the lights will not come on. I know its not what he did but what I'm not doing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Randy
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Union Electrician
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Head light switch on part of it?? What about the fuse for the cluster? Gauges working or not?
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Outlandish Trends - FL
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
I had a similar situation with my '67 and everyone was telling me it was the turn signal switch. Then I heard it was the ground for the tail lights. Well, I tried everything and it turned out to be the fuse panel. The panel's terminals were corroded. I pulled everything out and sanded down all the terminals and put everything back together. Problem solved.
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Randy... is it JUST the lights on the instermant panel... or are you talking your outside lights too?
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
My panel lights didnt work on my truck & I had to add a ground strap from the back of the cluster to a bolt on the dash frame.
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
what about the brown wire coming off the headlight switch? does it have power? does the dome light work?
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Just like to part out trucks!!
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
I have no interior lights or dash lights at all, all my outside lights come on and work fine, when I pull out thte light switch nothing comes one inside, when I turn on my blinkers nothing comes on. No instrument panel lights at all. Thanks for the help, I'm going to try to mess with it more tomorrow before I have to do the family thing. Randy
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its all about the +6 inches
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Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
I really hate to state the obviouse... did you check to see if it has bulbs installed?
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
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67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure" |
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its all about the +6 inches
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Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
ok, i just HAD to ask. Just seems odd being that the turn signal indicators aren't working either.
Does the fuel guage read somewhat acurate... and does it do anything goofey when you turn on the lights or blinkers? |
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
pull it all out, make sure all the lights are still good, not burn out. look for burns on the board. check the body ground to the frame (pass side)
(just fixed my problem too, it was body ground and light switch combination of problems.... --den |
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Check that brown wire,as 68c15 suggested.Since you don`t have the dome light,either.
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Someone once said on here that speed warning dash's had a extra ground,
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
sounds like the plug at the back of the dash..
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
most likely a ground.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Better get it fixed so the wife can ride in style!!!!!!!!!
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Just like to part out trucks!!
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
OK, I had about a half hour this afternoon. Pulled it back out put in new bulbs, never seen a brown wire for it. Anyway gas gauge, oil pressure lights work, turn signal lights both work but the right one stays on all the time but dimmer. High beam indicator works, but nothing on the left side works, speedo, battery, heat gauge lights do not work. My tilt indicator light works on the column. Basically everything on the left side is not working, Just the high beam indicator is all, any ideas. Thanks Randy
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67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure" |
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
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Possibly you have more than one electrical problem? With the left side of the dash bad, maybe Luv's 2nd ground is the key....
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Just like to part out trucks!!
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
I checked and my right front side marker only works with the blinker, right front bumper light only works with lights on, no blinker. I did get the top off and somewhat washed for her
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
and here I sit at home with no wiring diagram. anyone else have one accessible? I am trying to thinkof what wire feeds which terminal on he cluster.
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
It's sounding like a bad printed circuit to me... take a pencil with eraser, and rub the contacts where the lights plug in. Also, as you twist in the light plug, look at the tabs, and make sure they are making contact. There is only one wire in teh harness that plugs into the panel, that powers all 4 guage lights. We know the ground is good to the instement panel, becouse the other lights all work fine. However, the circuit board on tehback can have it's own issues. Trace the 'lines' that act as wires, and look for cuts/breaks/ or burns... all 3 are not uncommon. This can also be on either side, power, or ground.
The turn signal indicator that is 1/2 lit, that indicates either a bad ground, or a burned out bulb, which, you said is in fact the case. Side markers won't do it, but the parking lights up front, or tail lights, will do it. I say replace all 4 1157 bulbs, or a 2057 would have brighter blinkers, but slightly dimmer running lights. As for letting the little lady cruise... it's daylight... let her take it down the road. Make sure the brake lights work... no one uses turn signals anyways... she can act like the normal idiot for now untill you get it sorted. Heck, send her to the parts store to get 4 bulbs. And, on a side note... dude, that is a kick ass lookin blazer. |
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Randy, if the dash cluster has the original printed circuit, it can have a break on any one of the strips and it will drive you nuts. As Andy suggests, make sure the contact points are clean and try a replug. There are a few ground points on the printed circuit--that also need to be clean. With a wiring diagram and a simple meter, you can trouble shoot most wiring issues pretty easy.
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
If the Coil On the headlight switch that controls how dim or bright you want the dash lights is burnt out it might only work in one sport or not at all.
the headlight knob isnt rotated all the way to the right is it? |
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
Sweet looking ride you got there Randy!. What I always do with circuit panels is lay it on my bench, grab my handy multimeter, set it for a continuity test and go around touching each end of the copper lines and listen for the beep, beep, beep!. Works like a charm!!!. Once I confirm NO breaks, I sand each end plus the the tabs on all the bulb holders. 30 minutes or so to do this and gives me piece of mind for many years!. Good luck!
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Re: Help wife is PO'd at me!!!!
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