Re: no dash lights

["Ben Maxwell" <ben@xxxx>]

David,

Same thing happened to me when I got my car... the guy who had it 
before me thought the car didn't have any dash lights. Do this quick 
check before looking for shorts in the system. check out the 
rheostat that controls the dimming of the inst. cluster (on console 
in front of a/c panel). Mine was going in a complete circle and 
didn't adjust the brightness at all. My solution was to remove the 
console cover, and check out the rheostat. There are four spade 
connectors on the device, and three wires that go into it. One is 
the power wire, another goes to the headlight and hazard switch 
lights, and the third is a variable resistance level for the dash. 
Move the dash connector one space over to the empty slot on the 
rheostat. You'll be able to figure it out real easy when you see it 
and when you hit the right connection - bingo! The rheostat still 
spins, but at least I have super bright inst. lights -- which i never 
needed to dim before anyway. 

An easy solution without having to buy a new rheostat, or jumper any 
wires.

good luck-

ben
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--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Delorean17@xxxx wrote:
> Hello List,
> I took my car out at night for the first time last week and 
noticed the 
> lights that light up the dash gages are not working.(4 across top I 
think) I