Re: [Chevelle-List] Electrical suggestions?

[Wayne]

A New dash Harness my be the answer... But B-4 you go that route.. Let's check a few things frist. You say ALL you dash lamps are none funtional... ( the dash and shifter lamps are the SAME circuit) if the fuse is good and you have voltage athe fuse block, the next place to look is the Light Switch . The instrument lamps get voltage in park and headlamp position, and also run through the internal variable-resister. It you have voltage at  switch input and  switched on... out-put ( will vary) voltage. Then the time has come to dive into your "RAT's NEST"  it my be a good time to do a little spring  cleaning...while your at it...  You did not say what  year car you have.. but the tehnique to wring out a circuit is straight forward  and verifiable either starting from the source ( my preferred methoud) or the load (lamp in your case) end.   GL..   Wayne ACES # 1556 TCG # 186 ----- Original Message ----- From: Crazy Rusty To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:48 AM Subject: [Chevelle-List] Electrical suggestions? I am hoping that someone will have a little more insight into this issue since I am totally clueless…   I got my car back from the shop not to long ago and was testing everything out.  I found a few days ago that none of my instrument lights are coming on when I have my running lights or head lights on.  Neither the instrument gauges nor the floor shifter light up like normal.  I was hit pretty hard in the left rear so I thought maybe some connections were loose but I haven’t been able to find anything yet.  The fuse is good and the wiring harness connection through the firewall seems ok.  All other interior lights (the headlamp and map lights) work fine…  It’s hard to see in the dash since its such a rats nest but does anyone have any suggestions on what it could be?  I know when I have a loose brake light bulb, both of my brake lights go out… Is this the sort of the same thing?  Should I be checking bulbs?   Thanks!!   CR