Fixed floor shift light - dash lights out now.

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Jamie, Feb 22, 2007.

  1. Jamie

    Jamie Guest

    On my 1985 245 I had no floor shift light. I pulled the plastic cover
    off the shift to see 2 wires - 1 red and 1 red/white. The red/white
    was cut. I repaired this and the light came on. So, I reassembled
    everything and then tested - no light. Not only no more floor light -
    the dash lights went out.

    I checked the fuse panel (I never saw fuses like that before) - but
    the fuse for the dash/ rear fog lights checked out OK. I'm thinking I
    shorted something. Still - no floor lights and no dash lights.

    Any ideas?

    Second thing, probably unrelated - under the driver's dash panel in
    the upper right is a cluster of wires and a red wire is not connected
    to anything. Tomorrow I'll upload a photo. Just curious.

    Thanks!
    Jamie
     
    Jamie, Feb 22, 2007
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    Jamie Guest

    Jamie, Feb 22, 2007
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    James Sweet Guest


    It sounds like you shorted something and burned out the dimmer rheostat,
    I did that on my dad's 240 a few years ago.

    That sounds like the tach wire, I'm assuming the car doesn't have a tach
    installed in the cluster?
     
    James Sweet, Feb 22, 2007
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  4. Jamie

    Jamie Guest

    Jamie, Feb 22, 2007
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  5. Jamie

    Jamie Guest

    Nope, no tach.

    I'll pull the dash cover and see if I can fix.

    Thanks!
     
    Jamie, Feb 22, 2007
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    James Sweet Guest

    James Sweet, Feb 22, 2007
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  7. Jamie

    Jamie Guest

    You da man! I pulled the cover off the dash panel, saw the wires to
    the dimmer, reached underneath and unplugged those wires. I spliced
    the wires together and everything came on.

    Thanks!
     
    Jamie, Feb 22, 2007
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