Posted by Matt Kreps on December 15, 1998 at 02:02:51:
In Reply to: Instrument Panel Lights posted by HiTide on December 15, 1998 at 01:30:45:
Panel lights ... This qualifies as a rite of passage.
First, check your dimmer control on the headlight switch. Make sure it changes as you rotate it. (Had a guy once who didn't catch this at first, after we spent three hours trying to figure out the same problem.)
Then, I would go ahead and just pull the instrument panel (easy on these cars) and give it a good cleaning and once over. If that doesn't work, Check the voltage going into the board. I have a shop manual somewhere in Wichita so I can't tell you what it should be, but if it seems low, you've got a bigger, deeper and meaner problem in your electrical system. Hope it's not this.
Matt