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Wingzero
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Mar 16, 2009, 2:44 PM
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Dashboard Lights Out
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Okay, I have a 1986 Mazda 626, approx. 170k miles. My problem is that the dashboard backlights for the gauges don't work, although the component lights (showing the brights are on, or my signals are on, etc.) do work. It's not the bulbs (I've checked those) and my dad says is probably not fuses. My brother insists it's a wiring problem, and I think I agree with him on that. He's messed with the wiring of it for a radio he put in and fog lights he added to it, so I'm sure somewhere along the way he messed up the wiring.
It's also not the dimmer switch, because it's right next to the dashboard and turning it makes no difference whatsoever.
My question is, how can I find out where is the wiring messed up, and how to fix it?
(This post was edited by Wingzero on Mar 16, 2009, 2:45 PM)
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Tom Greenleaf
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Mar 16, 2009, 3:58 PM
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Re: Dashboard Lights Out
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Get brother to go back and put wires back where they were! If you add something use the appropriate available power sources and fuse them from the fuse box. Just tapping into whatever wire might have power at random which is probably what happened is going to cause problems. Match up any cut wires and splice back then power the radio on it's own,
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