Changed instrument panel lights, gauges not working

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fly_25

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Evil electrical gremlins. Try inspecting the wiring going to the dash plug and the light switch and look for any exposed wires or potential shorts/damages. Take a look at the printed circuit board as well, some copper could be misplaced and touching another circuits. These are just guesses. Just a good overall inspection to start with. I also think there is a ground wire under the dash that you could check out
 
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Call Her Bu

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Evil electrical gremlins. Try inspecting the wiring going to the dash plug and the light switch and look for any exposed wires or potential shorts/damages. Take a look at the printed circuit board as well, some copper could be misplaced and touching another circuits. These are just guesses. Just a good overall inspection to start with. I also think there is a ground wire under the dash that you could check out
Ok I’ll look at all that this afternoon. Thanks. 😓
 

g0thiac

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With the key just turned forward, car not running.

Pic 1- headlight switch off
Pic 2- headlight switch on

HELP!!!!
So I'm gonna say this is a loose ground, or a hot to ground condition. You sure the fuses are good also right?

If your fuel gauge is stuck below E, it's a ground issue. If it's stuck past full like mine was, it's not getting the correct DC 12 voltage.
 

Call Her Bu

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So I'm gonna say this is a loose ground, or a hot to ground condition. You sure the fuses are good also right?

If your fuel gauge is stuck below E, it's a ground issue. If it's stuck past full like mine was, it's not getting the correct DC 12 voltage.
Yes the fuses are all good. All I did was change bulbs to led then back to regular. I’ll check ground and connections again. Thanks for your help.
 
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abbey castro

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Just did mine to LEDs. Had to turn some of them around in the sockets since mine have polarity. That was hassle in the remove and install with a needle nose plier. The printed circuit for the lights has nothing to with the gages. The center cluster has pegs that fit into the back of the 4 gages. Same for the tach. Are those mating together correctly. If you removed the harness at the cluster and then reinstalled it is hard to get a good alignment. I did that once and it took me hours of trying to align the tape harness to the cluster. Good luck!
 
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