Re: [Amc-list] Replacing dashboard light?

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

You may not have the lighting group on your car. If you do (or you have 
door switches), the door switches may be bad or have a bad ground.

Matt

On 10/11/2008 5:03 PM, WILLIAM SERCKIE spouted this sage advice:
> Funny...on my 1965 American, the dome light works via the headlight switch but not when the doors are opened...
> 
> 
> Bill Serckie
> Coldwell Banker Real Estate & Mortgage Services
> 2 River Place Suite "K"
> Lansing, IL 60438
>  
> Office # (708) 889-2739
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> 
> --- On Sat, 10/11/08, Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Replacing dashboard light?
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:44 PM
> 
> Bruce Griffis wrote:
> 
>> 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?
> 
> Lay on the seat with your head on the hump. Slide in so that your head 
> is resting uncomfortably on the pedals. Small 2 AA cell Magligt helps 
> here. Stare at the backside of the dusty gauce cluster PC board and 
> figure out which ones are NOT dash illumination. (eg. GEN and OIL.) Then 
> use the arm you have with three elbows and take each one out and replace 
> them.
> 
> You do have three elbows, right?
> 
> I'm serious about the proceedure otherwise.
> 
> Another way to this is to get your head under there with a ligt and 
> simply stare at everything, then slouched onto the hump, rech your arm 
> under and swap bulbs by feel. THats what I do most of the time. (THe 
> ones to the far side fo the connector are turn signal and upper left 
> llunination, etc.)
> 
> I strongly suggest changing every single bulb -- the funcioning ones are 
> certainly old and metallized inside (the filaments evaporate and grey 
> the glass, and just how many times do you want to do this job??!!
-- 
mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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