Guage Lights

[ShellGuy]

Hey all First time post..

I just got my 95 LX from a friend of a friend and it has a few problems.. First off I have no Guage lights at night when i turn on my Head lights i can turn the nobb from lock 2 lock and nuttin.. Also do you know if you can just replace the skin of a door.. As the FPass door lock has been pryed out and left just a hole i can unlock it with my finger not good for my sterio plans.. Sorry bout the spellin...


Will G.

[ShellGuy]

Bump for some help????

[fiddler]

I have the same problem with mine.. haven't come up with a solution yet... I'm guessing there must be an inline fuse somwhere, I can't find one in the fuse box for it...

[sixleggedinsect]

Originally Posted by ShellGuy

I have no Guage lights at night when i turn on my Head lights i can turn the nobb from lock 2 lock and nuttin..

howdy. few options. first, you could have blown all the instrument panel lights. almost impossible unless your wiring is all screwy. youd have to drop the steering wheel, unscrew and unplug about a hundred bits and pieces, and plug the new cheap lightbulbs in from the back, but i dont think thats what your problem is. second, the dimmer switch could be off. on the left, low on the dash, theres a rotating switch that dims the instrument lights. needless to say if its mistakenly all the way dim it appears that the lights arent on. third, there is a fuse. i cant remeber which one, off the top of my head. if you need me to find out, i can look it up. it blew on my car, and consequently the instrument panel, radio, AC lights didnt turn on when the headlights did. when i pulled all the fuses it actually didnt look dead. i had to look up the wiring diagrams, recheck the fuse, and sure enough, it was blown. just didnt catch it on the first look. i think that if that fuse is blown, your tail lights wont light up when the headlights are on. fourth, the aforementioned dimmer switch coudl be dead. id have to look at the wiring to tell how to check if its dead or not. finally, it woudl be some other weird wiring problem..

cheers
anthony

[ShellGuy]

Thanks for all the help yall,
The Dimmer switch looks ok it lights up when i turn on the Headlights.. And if i remember right the AC lights work too.. Also my tail lights work when my Headlights are on.. Just as a side question do you have to hold your wiper switch to keep them operating or do u just click it on.. Im woundering if i just need to replace my switches..


Will G.

[sixleggedinsect]

Originally Posted by ShellGuy

Thanks for all the help yall,
The Dimmer switch looks ok it lights up when i turn on the Headlights.. And if i remember right the AC lights work too.. Also my tail lights work when my Headlights are on.. Just as a side question do you have to hold your wiper switch to keep them operating or do u just click it on.. Im woundering if i just need to replace my switches..

which wiper are you talking about? what exaclty do you do? it doesnt sound right, but im not sure im hearing you the way you meant it.

so, its not the fuse. are *all* your gauge lights gone? like- speedo, temp, gas gauges are all dark at night? or just one or two dark?

[ShellGuy]

All guages listed above are dead.. I have no guage lights at all.. I have my turn signels and everything else shift light and all.. But No Speedo No Gas, and no Temp... Also the wiper switch behind the steering wheel I have to hold mine pushed towards the dash to keep them working doesn't seem right to me...


Will G.

[sixleggedinsect]

Originally Posted by ShellGuy

All guages listed above are dead.. I have no guage lights at all.. I have my turn signels and everything else shift light and all.. But No Speedo No Gas, and no Temp... Also the wiper switch behind the steering wheel I have to hold mine pushed towards the dash to keep them working doesn't seem right to me...

i dunno. im definitely not an expert, just have done a bunch of dabbling with those systems in my old broken escort.

did the wiper switch problem and gauge lights go bad at the same time?

do you have a multimeter and a junkyard nearby?

[ShellGuy]

They were both like this when i bought the car about 2 weeks ago.. Didn't care at the time as we don't get much rain in the winter time down here.. LOL.. As for the lights didn't notice them cuz i bought it during the day..


Will G.

PS. I have access to almost everything i would need..