[s-cars] Instrument Cluster Not Lighting Up

[chris chambers]

Tony,

Did you adjust your clock recently, could it be as simple as having the
IC lights dimmed?

Try re-adjusting the brightness.

HTH
Chris




--- Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Just thought, may be timing of discovery of IC problem is a red
> herring as I
> haven't driven at night the last couple of weeks.
> 
> Tony
> 96 S6
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces+tony.curran=sympatico.ca at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces+tony.curran=sympatico.ca at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Tony Curran
> Sent: April 27, 2005 9:20 PM
> To: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com
> Subject: [s-cars] Instrument Cluster Not Lighting Up
> 
> 
> Tonight I was wiring in a digital pressure gauge and hit a problem
> after
> instal was complete. When I turned on ignition switch all seemed
> well.
> Warning lights came up and climate control illuminated. But when I
> turned on
> the headlights, the IC didn't light up and the lights on the climate
> control
> went out.
> 
> I took the 12V for the digital gauge from the cigarette lighter
> harness and
> wired in a switch. On Canadian spec S6 with Delta radio the cigerette
> lighter socket is just south of the gear stick - different to at
> least on US
> spec S6.
> 
> The IC fuse is OK.
> 
> Any thoughts on what is casuing the problem? I did stick my hand in
> behind
> the climate control unit to reach in for a nut I had dropped in .
> Could I
> have dislodged a connector or something?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Tony
> 96 S6
> 
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