vair_17

well i have gotten my stereo all in and wired up; what a pain in the a**, but now i have bigger issues i went to drive home tonight right after i got it all figured out and i had no gauge lights, no lights in the 3-pods and no speedo or tach lights all the gauges worked but not the lights and get this the stereo works fine :@ now im back to being frustrated
anyone know what the fix is or could point me in the right direction?
i changed fuses 4 and 12 IIRC to no avail....



thanks in advance guys

kelbrig1

Maybe the dimmer or headlight switch just went out? They can be flakey..

Pre95

Did you notice if your windows & mirrors work? If not, could be a bad ignition switch

vair_17

everything in my car works with the exception of the gauge lights.. including the radio oddly enough

Pre95

Only other thing I can think of is maybe you d/c a ground somewhere?

vair_17

i have a feeling i had something with power hit the ground wires(exposed ground wire) and kinda went zap!! so if i know where the stereo ground wire goes i might be able to fix it.. then again maybe not.....

Whitjr

You can lose all the dash wiring if you have a worn spot or bad light switch. I have personally had to re-wire the entire dash because of this... talk about a PITA!

Since you're having problems, I'd recommend checking everything really really well. Maybe start where you were working on the stereo?

vair_17

there is a bunch of black wires that all the speakers go to, and then there is a dark blue with light blue on it where does that go?


my car is somewhat together at the moment with the exception of the radio and the instrument panel.

Pre95

blue w/ white goes to the amp... (if you dont have one it goes nowhere)

vair_17

its not blue with white... its blue on a lighter blue it goes too all the lights but i dont know where it starts?... where it get its voltage.. only other wire i know of that is common to all the lights is the brown wire... or the ground wire