kennycoulter

i have read that there seems to be a problem with the later dash illumination, but is there any problems associated with the early lights? when i was driving from work the other day, my dash lights flickered then went out. they have never done this to me before. and they havent come back on. if they kept coming on/off i would think wiring. but the fact they dont has me puzzled. i figured not a fuse because the fact they flickered before going out. any thoughts?

Bhj0887

Check the fuses anyway, then the bulbs (who knows myabe they all burnt out at the same time), then check for shorts. Do the guages work properly?

kennycoulter

the gauges DO work

eclou

I just went through this. If the gauges work, check to see if the rear license plate lights work. If they do, the prob is in the gauges. If they do not, check fuse #38. It is the one just for the instrument lights.

kennycoulter

ok ill check. i have the plate on the bumper with the "porsche" panel in between the lights. i dont have any license plate lights.

GOBOGIE

I believe you just diagnosed your problem

ERAU-944

he has an early car though... is the wiring the same? maybe, maybe not. something to look into.

good luck,
-Michael-

kennycoulter

yeah what i mean is: there are not any bulbs to illuminate my license plates or sockets to accomodate them. thank you

kennycoulter

anyone?

Zero10

It's probably a bad ground or bad connection to the back of the instruments, or else the fuse is blown. (would have to be a short though)

eclou

Check fuse #38. Just do it.

83 TX 944

Kinda hard for him to do that, he doesn't even have one!



Is the plate between the tail light one that lights up? I had a similar problem, my "porsche"plate, license plate lights, nor dash lights worked. I pulled back the carpet and found out why, shorted wires. The dash lights are on the same circuit. I simply spliced both plate lights into the tail light leads, thus eliminating the need for that lead to the rear. Yea, I was too lazy to pull the carpet up all the way to the fuse box, and rewire/ repair the shorted one. Installed new fuse, #9 I believe, and viola, dash lights!

eclou

DOH!

SoCal Driver

The reostat on the light switch is dirty or broken.

kennycoulter

reostat?