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240D Instrument Cluster/Switch lights issue
I swapped dashes today in a 83 240D and for some reason now my instrument cluster and all switch lights wont light up when the lights are turned on. Everything functions fine (all switches work, blower turns on) but they just wont light up. All fuses looked intact. Any ideas?
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1982 240D - 251,000 miles (all parts pulled and for sale, body crushed ) 1983 240D 4 speed manual - 233,000 miles 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4WD |
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Ground wires somewhere near the gauges?
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Your new cluster may have a failed rheostat.
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Yep. Either the rheostat or the wire trace in the cluster itself is fried.
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Thanks for the replies. Turns out it was a bad rheostat in the new cluster. Put a jumper across and now they are lit up.
Only problem I'm having now is getting the dash switches (dome, antenna, sunroof, defroster) to light when the lights are on. But they were like that when I bought the car. Not after I put a new cluster in.
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1982 240D - 251,000 miles (all parts pulled and for sale, body crushed ) 1983 240D 4 speed manual - 233,000 miles 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4WD |
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The light bulb in the fiber optic spider is probably burnt out. Remove the climate control button unit and you'll see it.
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I saw that and wondered if that might be it. Thats the thing that has a bulb sticking inside a small unit with the 3 wires coming out of it and has a couple of bulbs wired to them? Couple bulbs did look foggy and possibly blown. Those bulbs attached should insert into the climate panel correct? They were just tucked back into console and I didn't see the purpose of just having bulbs that light up for no reason?
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1982 240D - 251,000 miles (all parts pulled and for sale, body crushed ) 1983 240D 4 speed manual - 233,000 miles 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4WD Last edited by Sam82MB240D; 05-07-2009 at 10:33 PM. |
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1982 240D - 251,000 miles (all parts pulled and for sale, body crushed ) 1983 240D 4 speed manual - 233,000 miles 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4WD |
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