98whitez24 said:the light switchworks though, so i mean im unsure of what yo0u mean, i can turn the lights on and off when needed
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OK; when you twist the headlight switch all the way left the dome lights come on right ? Everything from that setting ( hard left with a click for the dome lights ) twisting all the way to the right will adjust the background lighting on your guages from hard to soft lighting via an Armature and a coil built into the switch. If you grab a voltmeter or even a test light check the output wire to see if it's sending any volts to the lights in your cluster.
Sometimes the armature wears out, other times the coil breaks ( I need to replace the one for my car too, I have just been too lazy to swap it out as I don't often drive the Monte at night ).
Pic from the Rockauto site shows the coil I am talking about
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=43506
If you are getting voltage out of the switch to the cluster then it's likely a bad connection where the cluster mounts to the dash.