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Offline Vanessa Brake

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Re: gauges
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2010, 07:56:00 am »
Lol I already tried that Jason....that's how I fix most things :P jk
Yeah Josh they are aftermarket
Replacing the dimmer switch do I just pull it off and put another one?

Offline Jason Harwood

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Re: gauges
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2010, 09:13:05 am »
After market ones are always prone to failure I find.
Could be a bad ground.
Ive seen alot of poor installations of those.

Check the dimmer, pop it out, make sure the red positive ( could be a diff colour coming from the gauges ) is still connected.
Then find the guages black ground wire, make sure its still grounded some where.

If no dice = bad dimmer or gauges = dead
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Offline Brett Haviland

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Re: gauges
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2010, 12:55:13 pm »
if you have power going into the dimmer, but not out, theres your problemo.

 i found if u give em a few wacks with something sometimes they flicker back to life...  good way to confirm if it is indeed the dimmer.
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Offline Vanessa Brake

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Re: gauges
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2010, 05:44:34 am »
So I hit them this morning and now they are working.... :)

Offline Brett Haviland

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Re: gauges
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2010, 07:48:15 am »
hhahaha  yup, find yourself a new dimmer switch then... it will keep going off and annoy you.
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Re: gauges
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2010, 05:03:35 pm »
awesome  :)
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Offline Vanessa Brake

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Re: gauges
« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2010, 05:34:30 pm »
Yepp I'll replace the dimmer thingy this weekend and set the needle for the speedo properly. Hopefully that'll fix it :)