No Dashlights....

[RTStabler51]

As the subject says......

My head took the SHO out one night, and turned the headlight switch off & the auto switch too, and said the dash lights wouldn't come on. Sooo, I've checked the fuses. EVerything else works.....

Headlight switch?? that's my next place i'm gonna check...what else could it be?? Please don't say broken wire!!!

 

[snake396]

I assume you've tried the dimmer switch.

 

[RTStabler51]

Yup, that was my first thought...

Also I've searched the forums too...

snake396:
I assume you've tried the dimmer switch.

 

[snake396]

the dimmer switch on mine is a bloody nightmare. when you releasethe parking brake it knocks it up so the dome lights are on, then you try to turn it down, one 1/10th of a degree and the dome lights go out, 1/10th more, and all the dash lights go out. those idiots that replaced the heater core screwed everthing up, even lost several bolts and even the radiator shroud!

-Ian

 

[Sho Nutz]

I work in a chevrolet garage, I know it isnt a chevy, but the 1500 series trucks have the same problem. Faulty Rehostats in the headlight switch cause this on the truck. They get dirty and lose contact or simply short out. The auto headlamp and dimmer switch basicaly the same thing. Only way to test it/fix it on the truck is to replace the switch.

I have also seen the auto headlamps adjusted so high that the headlights come on in any weather condition day or night causing the dashlights to dim to the rehostat setting.

I know a truck and a SHO are nothing alike, but the symptons are darn near Identical. Hope this helps.

<small>[ April 08, 2002, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: SHOing Off ]</small>