[Amc-list] Replacing dashboard light?

[Mike Kindle <mike90066@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What car?
If it is a late American:

The back up lights never go into the instrument cluster, it is a separate switch on the steering column. Sometimes it is out of adjustment or the plastic tab that goes into the column breaks off.

The dashboard lights on mine are three or four bulbs in sockets that press against the printed circuit that get corroded one at a time and some cleaning or even jiggling fixes it.
If all dash lights are bad at once, suspect the headlight switch.  On mine, rotating the knob dims and brightens the dash lights through a rheostat (coil of resistance wire) inside the headlight switch.  This can develop a bad spot of corrosion which some cleaning might help.


> 
> Okay, my dashboard light isn't working. These things do work:
> 
> Oil pressure light
> Alternator light
> Turn signal indicator lights
> High beam indicator light
> 
> My headlights, taillights, turn signals, brake lights, license plate
> lights and dome light all work. Backup lights don't - I replaced the
> lights, still no joy. Will mess with them later.
> 
> So, I'm thinking it's probably just a light behind the dash somewhere.
> How do I figure which light is for the speedometer / dashboard? How do
> I get at it? I don't have to do anything goofy like remove the
> dashboard, do I?
> 
> I don't think any fuses are just for the dashboard alone from reading the TSM.


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