Guage cluster won't light up
#1
Guage cluster won't light up
Well this happend after I installed the stock head unit from my '01 GSR into my '95 LS ... but I'm not pulling the HU out again, I just got it in there with a new harness and the wide band is mounted under it .......etc
I do have Defi D guages (boost/oil pres/EGT) that still light up with the headlights, just the cluster doesn't light.
I have checked all my fuses multiple times without finding any blown. I also pulled my guages/cluster/bezel out and rechecked all the connections I made when I installed the guages, but everything checks out .
So I guess what I need is
1. To know exactly which fuse controls the lighting of the cluster... so I can recheck it just to be triple sure.
2. To know which wire running into the back of the cluster is supposed to come on with the headlights.
TIA
I do have Defi D guages (boost/oil pres/EGT) that still light up with the headlights, just the cluster doesn't light.
I have checked all my fuses multiple times without finding any blown. I also pulled my guages/cluster/bezel out and rechecked all the connections I made when I installed the guages, but everything checks out .
So I guess what I need is
1. To know exactly which fuse controls the lighting of the cluster... so I can recheck it just to be triple sure.
2. To know which wire running into the back of the cluster is supposed to come on with the headlights.
TIA
#3
Re: Guage cluster won't light up
dont mean to steal your post or anything.. but i got the same problem on my 1999 chevy monte carlo ls
my gauge cluster doesnt light up at all
it seems to come on whenever it feels like it.. i checked all the fuses.. all are good.. pulled apart the dash/cluster bezel.. everything seemed fine
didnt find anything under the hood
any help would be greatly appreciated..
*edit* floor shifter lights too.. doesnt work.
my gauge cluster doesnt light up at all
it seems to come on whenever it feels like it.. i checked all the fuses.. all are good.. pulled apart the dash/cluster bezel.. everything seemed fine
didnt find anything under the hood
any help would be greatly appreciated..
*edit* floor shifter lights too.. doesnt work.
#6
Re: Guage cluster won't light up
Originally Posted by djfob
checked the fuses under the hood too?
Originally Posted by AgentMurdoc
are you sure u dont have a dimmer and just put it on low/off
WTF?
#8
Re: Guage cluster won't light up
you probably hooked up the illumination wire of your radio wrong, and its ------- with the dimmer ----. sometimes since the connection is through the radio, it wont be a dead short, so it won't blow a fuse, but it will make the circuit not work.
so unplug the radio harness and see if it works, and if your cluster is bad, I'll sell you a new one cheap.
so unplug the radio harness and see if it works, and if your cluster is bad, I'll sell you a new one cheap.
#10
Re: Guage cluster won't light up
Originally Posted by Donald125
cluster light and taillight (parking light to be exact)uses the same fuse, see if your parking light works or not.
Originally Posted by fork
you probably hooked up the illumination wire of your radio wrong, and its ------- with the dimmer ----. sometimes since the connection is through the radio, it wont be a dead short, so it won't blow a fuse, but it will make the circuit not work.
so unplug the radio harness and see if it works, and if your cluster is bad, I'll sell you a new one cheap.
so unplug the radio harness and see if it works, and if your cluster is bad, I'll sell you a new one cheap.
Originally Posted by hatrack48
check the bulbs tiny little ******* thats what was wrong on my cluster
I really need to know which wire running into the back of the cluster is supposed to be the illumination wire... that way I can test it and if it works its the cluster/bulbs and if it doesn't I'll wire it in with the Defi guages.
Thanks for all the replies...