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| mepstein |
 Feb 19 2013, 01:23 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting  Group: Members Posts: 19,307 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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When I first got the car last year, all lights worked. Now, none of the white lights on the dash work but the colored lights for the turn signals, headlight indicators and gas gauge are working. Backpad light doesn't work either. Any ideas of where to look? thanks!
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| Cupomeat |
Feb 19 2013, 01:45 PM
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missing my NY 914 in VA Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 26-November 07 From: Oakton VA Member No.: 8,376 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 19 2013, 02:23 PM)  When I first got the car last year, all lights worked. Now, none of the white lights on the dash work but the colored lights for the turn signals, headlight indicators and gas gauge are working. Backpad light doesn't work either. Any ideas of where to look? thanks! They are two separate circuits. DASH LIGHTS - The dash lights are driven from the headlight switch and are powered through a rheostat dimmer circuit. Often the windings fail and the switch will only light the dash lights on the full on mode, so try that first. If that doesn't work, check your fuses, make sure the wire is still attached to the switch and then (if it still doesn't work) go find the ground as it would be rare for all bulbs to blow at once. BACKPAD LIGHT - The backpad light is powered 12v+ all the time and the ground is switched at the doors. Check that it has 12v+ power and then if it does and the bulbis good, trace down the ground path. It is not unusual for a door switch to be corroded and not working. Good luck as I've had my 914 for 26 yrs and I've never seen the backpad light work... I guess it was never on the priority list. |
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Feb 19 2013, 01:53 PM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,156 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(Cupomeat @ Feb 19 2013, 11:45 AM) QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 19 2013, 02:23 PM) When I first got the car last year, all lights worked. Now, none of the white lights on the dash work but the colored lights for the turn signals, headlight indicators and gas gauge are working. Backpad light doesn't work either. Any ideas of where to look? thanks! They are two separate circuits. DASH LIGHTS - The dash lights are driven from the headlight switch and are powered through a rheostat dimmer circuit. Often the windings fail and the switch will only light the dash lights on the full on mode, so try that first. If that doesn't work, check your fuses, make sure the wire is still attached to the switch and then (if it still doesn't work) go find the ground as it would be rare for all bulbs to blow at once. BACKPAD LIGHT - The backpad light is powered 12v+ all the time and the ground is switched at the doors. Check that it has 12v+ power and then if it does and the bulbis good, trace down the ground path. It is not unusual for a door switch to be corroded and not working. Good luck as I've had my 914 for 26 yrs and I've never seen the backpad light work... I guess it was never on the priority list. You would be delighted by the backpad light coming on getting into the car at night! Mine is LED, and it lights up the interior so I can actually see what I am doing getting in. It's worth the two phillips screws and the scraping of the switch contacts, which are usually the problem. |
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