Dash swap! (no dash lights)

[SHOByrds]

I originally had tan interior, but now I am in the process of converting to BLACK!
So a friend and i swapped my tan cracked up dash with a mint black on....it wasn't that bad actually but my DASH LIGHTS (the ones that come on when you turn your headlights on) dont work......we checked everything without pulling it back out...
whats the problem here??? Any obvious wire that i missed?

 

[matasho]

check your fuses? does every thing else work tach? engine lights? brake light etc.?

 

[SHOByrds]

i checked fuses....everything else works

 

[lowc]

check your fuses and connections, then check your dimmer switch

 

[HUTCH]

did you swap the wiring from your tan dash into the black dash? what years are the 2 dashes?

 

[SHOByrds]

I will check the fuses and stuff again. Dimmer switch was the first thing i checked....and i checked it over and over trying to fool myself that it would be that easy lol.
Both dashes are 1992 mtx.....and i kept everything (wires and all) from the tan original dash.

 

[kevinspann]

Try the mocha dimmer switch again.

 

[HUTCH]

Try the mocha dimmer switch again.

what he said... only other thing I can think of is a loose connection.

 

[SHOByrds]

I put the mocha (tan..?) dimmer back in the first day and still nothing i can try again

 

[kevinspann]

Is the plug to your head light switch melted?

And yes Mocha is tan

 

[SHOByrds]

the connection plug? well i didnt noticed and the headlights do work just not the dash lights

 

[HUTCH]

It's possible that both dimmers are bad... maybe?

 

[SHOByrds]

Possibly..but the mocha dimmer worked hours before the dash swap.


The only other prob with the swap is the black dash is slightly off about 1/4 to 1/2 inch to the right by the passenger side...not to big a deal except the side is starting to show wear from the door panel barely rubbing

 

[HUTCH]

if you have access to a volt/ohm meter you should start checking your wires

 

[christiansho]

the dash lights work on there own 5 amp fuse i believe , turn car to run possition and use a test light and check every fuse on both tabs till you hit one that doesnt light on the second side , garanty its a fuse