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Old 04-06-14, 02:43 PM
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tail lights and dash lights do not turn on

so I cant drive my car at night (which is when I most want to) the headlights and brake lights work but not the tail lights or dash lights. Fuses look good, but i dont have the outer box. but either case if a fuse fell out i would find it. Someone help me here please
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Tails and dash lights are powered by the 15 amp Illumination fuse (fusebox cover pic is in the FAQ section). The fuse powers the White/Green wire in the headlight harness. W/the **** turned the voltage from the W/G wire passes onto the Red/Black wire (powers the tails) and Red/Green wire (powers the dash lights) in the harness. If this does not occur then either the fuse, switch and or harness is bad.
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fixed, the plastic around the connection was burned and got on the connection, i sprayed it with electrical contact cleaner and it works now
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I highly recommend soldering a 30A SPDT relay into your headlight switch harness - this will prevent it from burning the harness and switch.

Search for Icemark's post for the install instructions. (Note, he uses a different acronym, which is the OLD name for SPDT relays)
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