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jmargush
post Oct 30 2025, 04:58 PM
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Sunday morning as I was pulling out of the driveway I noticed a flash under the dash, then i realized the gauge lights were out.

Worked on it last night and put in what is labeled as an 8 amp fuse (from Amazon)

Turned lights on and after a minute or two it melts the fuse.

Tried it again tonight and same thing.

I was under the center console recently getting my blower motor control lever to make the fan work (turned out to be fuse in engine compartment)

I don't think i disturbed anything under there.

Any thoughts on what else to look for?


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post Oct 31 2025, 01:54 PM
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QUOTE(jmargush @ Oct 31 2025, 10:58 AM) *

Sunday morning as I was pulling out of the driveway I noticed a flash under the dash, then i realized the gauge lights were out.

Worked on it last night and put in what is labeled as an 8 amp fuse (from Amazon)

Turned lights on and after a minute or two it melts the fuse.

Tried it again tonight and same thing.

I was under the center console recently getting my blower motor control lever to make the fan work (turned out to be fuse in engine compartment)

I don't think i disturbed anything under there.

Any thoughts on what else to look for?

When I was fitting my 6cyl gauges I had a failure with the dimmer ,when turned it had a dead short ,ended up bypassing it and no more blown fuse ,I wasn't worried as I have led lighting so no need for it anyway.
I 'am not aware that you can repair the dimmer as mentioned I had no need to ,cheers
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post Nov 2 2025, 10:25 AM
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Great I'll look into that as a possibility.
Any one knew if/ what terminals on the switch i would check to see if the dimmer failed
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