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Old 06-11-09, 12:42 AM
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my instrument cluster quit lighting up

on the way home tonight, I heard a pop and looked down, none of my gauges light up anymore. is there a fuse for them? I cant find it....
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oh, i have a seperate boost gauge wired into the dimmer, it quit lighting as well..
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Sounds like you blew a fuse. Check out fuse I in the fuse box in the driver's foot well. It's next to the clutch pedal.

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You'll need to figure out why the fuse popped too. There could be a short where the boost gauge wiring taps in or there is something else drawing too much amperage.
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Probably the TNS relay
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Do your tails work? I blew my dimmer switch and the I Fuse and my cluster went out and my tails wouldn't work. Had to replace the dimmer switch and fuse, easy fix.
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how much was the dimmer switch?? I dont have web acess so its hard to tech this problem.,, my I fuse was fine. im not sure how to check the dimmer...

also, my tails seem to be working? VERy dim. but on..
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You ever figure this out?
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i had this same problem in my fc when i wired the cs gauge overlays in.... i wired them right to the light switch/ dimmer and eventually it fried i guess becaus there was too much runnin through it. i had to replace the switch and then find a diff. place to wire the power for the guages.. now it all works fine. my tail also stopped working. it sounds like the same gremlin.....
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sorry, I have no internet. but yes its solved. it was my turn signal shorting out.
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