5KCS Lost Dash Lites

[edkellock at juno.com]

I remember something about the dash lights being integrated with the
license plate light.
If the license plate light(s) go out, no dash lights.  Then some vague
memory about
opening the glove box before you turn on the car and you'll have dash
lights.
I swear I'm not making this up.  In your case, if there is a short, maybe
something
is shorted with the license plate light.

Ed

On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 16:29:50 -0700 Steve Sherman <spsherm at attglobal.net>
writes:
> My 86 5KTQW recently lost the dash lites.  At first I thought it was 
> the
> new clock, dimmer assembly I had just put in to replace an ailing
> clock.  However after a brief test with the old assembly it seems 
> that
> was not the culprit...
> 
> A bit more probing and I finally got to what I should have looked 
> at
> first, a blown fuse #14.  A replacement fus also blew right away 
> (before
> I could see if there were any signs of dash lites.
> 
> So I've obviously got a short somewhere.  My question to those on 
> the
> list that may have BTDT before is what are the common places to look 
> for
> a short on this circuit?
> 
> All suggestions welcomed..
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
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