Dash Lights

Post by **dstocks** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:59 am

OK, hoping someone might have seen something like this before. The dash lights (dash illumination). I tracked this down to Fuse 8 which is under the dash and supposedly controls the following:

SRS ECU, combination meter, sunroof ECU, vehickle speed sensor, steering wheel sensor (TCL), buzzer-ECU, motor antenna assembly, voltmeter

Now the fuse itself seems fine and ive just thrown a multimetre on the fuse and im not getting a reading on either side of the fuse. Have also tried this on the fuse holder with th same outcome. This means that im not gettign any power to the fuse holder. Any idea where I should go from here (apart from an auto electrician)

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:54 am

yep thats what i lost when i stuffed up my interior electrics. there is a fuse in the engine bay for those. im not sure which one though i think its the 2nd one up from the bottom on the left column of fuses.

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:57 am

Sorry to hijack your thread Dwayne, since you are talking about dash lights do you have any idea on the bulb size because I was planning to change the bulbs to a diffrent colour.

Post by **dstocks** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:20 am

Nah, afraid not.

Oh and that fuse and all the other small ones in the engine bay are fine, so not that. Im wondering if its the dimmer for the cluster. As its a compliance mod, they may have wired it in before the fusebox.

lolo888 · Post by **lolo888** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:26 am

nikhan wrote:Sorry to hijack your thread Dwayne, since you are talking about dash lights do you have any idea on the bulb size because I was planning to change the bulbs to a diffrent colour.

42mm T10 bulbs from my investigation, I'm ordering some, so can't confirm 100% until I've fitted them.

Post by **vipfto** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:14 am

dstocks wrote:Nah, afraid not.

Oh and that fuse and all the other small ones in the engine bay are fine, so not that. Im wondering if its the dimmer for the cluster. As its a compliance mod, they may have wired it in before the fusebox.

It can be this, it obviously isnt getting power to the fuse box and dimmer is prob wired into the circuit before it so broken dimmer=cut in power hopefully or its the big trace back job

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:34 am

lolo888 wrote:
nikhan wrote:Sorry to hijack your thread Dwayne, since you are talking about dash lights do you have any idea on the bulb size because I was planning to change the bulbs to a diffrent colour.
42mm T10 bulbs from my investigation, I'm ordering some, so can't confirm 100% until I've fitted them.

Sure thing. Keep me updated mate.

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:16 am

nikhan wrote:
lolo888 wrote:
nikhan wrote:Sorry to hijack your thread Dwayne, since you are talking about dash lights do you have any idea on the bulb size because I was planning to change the bulbs to a diffrent colour.
42mm T10 bulbs from my investigation, I'm ordering some, so can't confirm 100% until I've fitted them.
Sure thing. Keep me updated mate.

Guys, if you did a search, you'd find:

Main Dash Cluster bulbs are 5 x T6.5 for direct replacement. You CAN make T10's fit if you break the casing off and feed the legs through into the bulb holders from the front... just a tad fiddly is all.

Clock: 2 x T5 (break the casing off to get to the legs)
Aircon Buttons : 2 x T5 (break the casing off to get to the legs)
Volt Meter: 1 x T10
Ciggy Lighter: 1 x T5

Pm me if you have questions... rather than disrupting Dwayne's topic any further

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:44 am

You could just bypass the dimmer as well to rule it out.