sacrileger
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- Jun 26, 2016
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Orillia,
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I have started blowing the 10Amp tail-light fuse for no apparent reason... the result is that my dash and instrument panel/cluster has no lights. The radio has power and lights work. The tail lights dont work.
From other posts on this forum, my understanding is that the dimmer switch in the instrument panel is often the problem. My dimmer switch is wired so that it is always ON and the dimming is not functional. One wire to the dimmer was cut and connected to some other wire so the dimmer is always in the max ON state/position. This was done many years ago when an aftermarket anti-theft system was installed on this car. Due to the after market anti-theft system, the car runs always and full-time with all lights ON, including tail and side marker lights. Before I start ripping the dash out and messing with the dimmer, what should i check for first to eliminate the obvious....? What could possibly fail in the schema to blow the 10Amp fuse?
What is the likelyhood the anti-theft system is the problem here? I should add the anti-theft system does not work, i dont have the remote control for it and the wiring is very complex... it's somehow connected at the fuse box and the unit just hangs there.
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From other posts on this forum, my understanding is that the dimmer switch in the instrument panel is often the problem. My dimmer switch is wired so that it is always ON and the dimming is not functional. One wire to the dimmer was cut and connected to some other wire so the dimmer is always in the max ON state/position. This was done many years ago when an aftermarket anti-theft system was installed on this car. Due to the after market anti-theft system, the car runs always and full-time with all lights ON, including tail and side marker lights. Before I start ripping the dash out and messing with the dimmer, what should i check for first to eliminate the obvious....? What could possibly fail in the schema to blow the 10Amp fuse?
What is the likelyhood the anti-theft system is the problem here? I should add the anti-theft system does not work, i dont have the remote control for it and the wiring is very complex... it's somehow connected at the fuse box and the unit just hangs there.
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