Thx comet, that's what I thought but wasn't sure...I'm still green with some of the technical words...when I pull the cluster should I hit it with some keyboard duster or compressed air to clean connection? Is there something specific I should be looking for?
Instrument Cluster lights are out
- Thread starter mikesid
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SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
look for green or whit colored corrosion.you will see scratching on them from contact but should not see sever scaring or out right breakage.
When I got in my truck this evening the lights were working again..the dash bezel is removed because I planned on painting it. When I was leaving work the light started flickering and I hit a bump and my CD player came out a little because dash bezel is removed. I noticed when I pushed or pulled on CD player the lights on in dash would flicker..I hit the CD player one good time and the lights went out again...i took out the CD player but can't figure out what was causing it....
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
like some damaged wiring then. inspect as much length of each wire as possible.
I pulled the ip cluster and it was clean.. I pulled the CD player and couldn't cause the light to flicker at all...I pulled the ac control unit too and still nothing...this is driving me insane..I messed with the wires to see if I could get it to do anything but no dice...almost seems like a loose ground the way it's acting...any more ideas! Maybe where the ip cluster grounds too?
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
any chance the gauges or tach or speedo drop out at the same time as the lighting in it? if not. then it can't really be aground but a power feed to the lights or damage circuit trace on the cluster.
No other power failure except ip cluster and hvac control light...although the warning check lights still come on ip cluster when going through startup, the light which indicates the brights on the I/p comes on, the gear shifter light comes on, and the lights on hvac control which indicate a/c button and recirculate button still light up..on the hvac control its the light which illuminates it that does not come on.
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
uh are the bulbs burned out?
No, they can't be because they come on intermittently...they started coming back on when I removed the dash bezel....they would flicker a little then stay on or just not come on at all...I just don't know what is happening to make them come on and off again
