instrument cluster lighting

GhettoPop · 04-19-2004, 10:48 AM

well, my interior illunimation 5 amp fuse keeps blowing, leaving me with no instrument cluster lights. bought a used dimmer switch hoping my old one was to blame, but it did not solve my problem and i've all but given up. any ideas on how i can make my own lighting for instrument cluster gauges? the white gauge faces i have on there never illuminated very well anyway. maybe some of those little lights u can plug into your cig lighter, but instead wire them to a switch or have them come on with the headlights? should i mount them under the gauges behing the clear plastic or maybe on the top of the cluster, pointing down at the gauges? (dunno if the clear plastic will cause a glare) any ideas or pics anyone might have would be great, i know someone else on here did this.

HISSIN50 · 04-19-2004, 11:08 PM

check your PM's, good luck, and bump.

racerboy88 · 04-21-2004, 11:55 PM

almost sounds like you have a short somewhere. Check your wires to see if it's pinched somewhere.

HISSIN50 · 04-24-2004, 08:45 PM

so did you get it fixed? you get my last PM? i saw you were wroking on other things (pulleys). just checking in. good luck.

04-19-2004, 10:48 AM	#1
GhettoPop Gimme a Drink! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 694	instrument cluster lighting well, my interior illunimation 5 amp fuse keeps blowing, leaving me with no instrument cluster lights. bought a used dimmer switch hoping my old one was to blame, but it did not solve my problem and i've all but given up. any ideas on how i can make my own lighting for instrument cluster gauges? the white gauge faces i have on there never illuminated very well anyway. maybe some of those little lights u can plug into your cig lighter, but instead wire them to a switch or have them come on with the headlights? should i mount them under the gauges behing the clear plastic or maybe on the top of the cluster, pointing down at the gauges? (dunno if the clear plastic will cause a glare) any ideas or pics anyone might have would be great, i know someone else on here did this. __________________ 1990 GT,stock T-5,K&N w/o air silencer,March underdrives,FMS wires,timing@14*,PA Perf 130amp alt,Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter,Steeda adj quadrant/clutch cable/firewall adj,Centerforce II clutch,o/r x-pipe,Magnaflow SS catback,g-load brace, subframes,Bilstein struts/shocks,Autometer gauges, 136k and running strong!

04-21-2004, 11:55 PM	#3
racerboy88 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: British Columbia Posts: 123	almost sounds like you have a short somewhere. Check your wires to see if it's pinched somewhere. __________________ 1990 5.0 LX H/B H-pipe w/ flowmasters, Koni shocks and BBK springs.

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04-19-2004, 11:08 PM	#2
HISSIN50 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 62	check your PM's, good luck, and bump.

04-24-2004, 08:45 PM	#4
HISSIN50 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 62	so did you get it fixed? you get my last PM? i saw you were wroking on other things (pulleys). just checking in. good luck.