dash lights

goldie

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no dash lights. but the head lights come when I pull the knob but no dash. went to the fuse block no power coming from the 5 amp. so I used wire to power them up it worked but no power from the green wire on fuse five. why?
 

LS6 Tommy

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Not to be insulting, but is the dash light dimmer turned down? If not, it may be bad.
Tommy
 

goldie

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I have turned that knob about twenty times.. I went to the fuse no power on the left side which should be constant power. So I used jumper wire to give the right side of fuse power they'd worked.
 

LS6 Tommy

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Doe you have tail lights/turn signals? If not, check the 20A tail light fuse. It feeds the dash light dimmer.

Tommy
 

LS6 Tommy

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IIRC, just the "B" fusible link. IF that was bad, you'd have no clock, courtesy lamps, lighter, headlights, tail lights or signals.

Sounds like the dimmer is shot.

Tommy
 

t5montecarlo

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Sometimes it is due to dirty contacts on the socket behind the cluster.

If you find there is power everywhere, but not getting to the bulb, remove the cluster and clean the copper contacts on the plug and the printed circuit board with a pencil eraser.
 

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