Guru Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Ok here are the facts that I know of: Heater/fans work fine. All daytime lights works fine (heater/fan). All instruments work fine. No night light illumination (ie speedo, revs, temp and fuel). No dimming of daytime lights. Tried bypassing the dimmer switch but still nothing. Checked all obvious fuses and nothing (checking again soon) Please someone suggest something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Recheck connections on rear of the instrument cluster? Has it been out recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 No it hadn't but I have it out at the moment upgrading to EL Glo's. Even with it out it still doesn't light up the rest of the panel so it can't be a short there can it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kieran Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I had the same problem a while a go when I did my blue LED conversion an all it was was a blown fuse in the drivers footwell box. Not sure which one of the top of my head but I think it was fuse 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra ST Myster Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 try fuse 12! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I'm not sure what else to suggest mate besides studying the circuit diagram to see if you can bypass the dimmer. Maybe get another from Jezzy? [edit] - assuming it's not a duff fuse as above of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 try fuse 12! Think you might be right there actually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Am going to try every single fuse on Saturday in both boxes. I had done this already but with no luck. Pete I did bypass the dimmer by following this thread. That didn't seem to do anything though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Do the lights on the center console work, the ones around the heater controls etc..? If they all work, it eliminates the switch and dimmer. Just seen you wrote, 'no dimming of daytime lights', thats because the dimmer has no effect unless the lights are on. Check the stupid plastic floppy circuit board on the back of the dial cluster, they are prone to bad connections on just about every car that has them fitted. I'm pretty sure the supe has one too, I replaced my dials ages ago and can't be sure if there is one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Do the lights on the center console work, the ones around the heater controls etc..? If they all work, it eliminates the switch and dimmer. Just seen you wrote, 'no dimming of daytime lights', thats because the dimmer has no effect unless the lights are on. Check the stupid plastic floppy circuit board on the back of the dial cluster, they are prone to bad connections on just about every car that has them fitted. I'm pretty sure the supe has one too, I replaced my dials ages ago and can't be sure if there is one. Yeah the heater control lights work fine. And they don't dim when the lights are on. Which dials do you mean exactly? I have the speedo out at the moment so it can't be that as no other buttons are lighting up when the lights come on either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Right, I'm now well and truly confused. What 'buttons' aren't lighting up? when I say dial cluster, I mean the whole unit that holds the speedo, rev counter, and temp/fuel gauge. If you take it out and unplug it all, I doubt any of the lights will work as there is a huge break in the circuit unless its all plugged in. On the back of the unit, you'll see the floppy circuit board thing that all the dash lights plug into, this is the thing that has bad connections. Once you have it all plugged back in, turn the headlights on, check the buttons that control the direction of airflow from the heaters, this should light up when the lights are turned on, and be adjusted by the dimmer switch. get back to me once this is confimed to work or not. Edit --- Did the lights work prior to you installing el-glo dials ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Sweet mother of god it was that fuse 6 again! PITA frickin fuse thats twice now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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