dash lights don't work wiht headlights?

[Duncan Thomson]

> hey listers, My 86 4000q dash lights willnot work when the headlights are
> on, It's been driving me crazy enough to drive my other cars. What's the
> blatantly obvious problem I am missing. Thanks boomer

poor connection with flexible circuit board, blown bulbs, faulty dash-light
dimmer switch?

does hitting the dash bring them back to life?

I had dodgy connections, so when hitting the dash no longer fixed the prob,
I pulled the dash and cleaned up rebent the contacts to get a firmer
connection...

Not a real fix, but they're working for now...

HTH
Duncan