Cluster backlights not working anymore. - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

-=j0nnyr0773n=- · 10-04-2008, 07:07 PM

So I replaced the module that has the turn signal and wiper handles on it out of another rig the other day because my hazard light switch was facing the wrong direction for the steering column cover I had for it. Anyways, everything worked just fine after hooking up the harnesses and all that. I had to unplug them in order to route the wires correctly and mount them under the column where they go. I had accidentally left the headlights on when I plugged the harness back in and I heard a pop. Now my cluster backlights do not work. I did check to verify that the bulbs work, and my turn signals work, and all the other idiot lights, just not the backlights. I have checked every fuse in the kickpanel and under the hood. Anything else I can check for this?

crash · 10-04-2008, 08:38 PM

What kinda rig we talkin about here

-=j0nnyr0773n=- · 10-04-2008, 09:03 PM

Heh, sorry, gettin tired. 84 4runner with a 20r. Non sr5 cluster, just the normal one.

dopeassjackson · 10-04-2008, 09:16 PM

did you hear a pop from by the plug you where plugging in or the cluster?

-=j0nnyr0773n=- · 10-05-2008, 12:01 AM

If i remembery correctly it was from under the dash drivers side where i was plugging in the plug on the bottom of the steering column but can't remember for 100%, don't think it came from cluster tho.

crash · 10-05-2008, 12:03 AM

Pull the cluster and look very closely at the inbeded copper plastc circuits for one thats smoked..... They are thin and will act like a fuse if they happen to make contact with anything metal...

-=j0nnyr0773n=- · 10-05-2008, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crash

Pull the cluster and look very closely at the inbeded copper plastc circuits for one thats smoked..... They are thin and will act like a fuse if they happen to make contact with anything metal...

Will do. I'll update tomorrow.

-=j0nnyr0773n=- · 10-05-2008, 09:50 AM

Ok, so I put a different rheostat (dimmer switch) in there from my old dash panel and everything works fine. Thanks for the help guys

10-04-2008, 07:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
-=j0nnyr0773n=- Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120942 Location: Coeur d'alene, ID Posts: 80	Cluster backlights not working anymore. So I replaced the module that has the turn signal and wiper handles on it out of another rig the other day because my hazard light switch was facing the wrong direction for the steering column cover I had for it. Anyways, everything worked just fine after hooking up the harnesses and all that. I had to unplug them in order to route the wires correctly and mount them under the column where they go. I had accidentally left the headlights on when I plugged the harness back in and I heard a pop. Now my cluster backlights do not work. I did check to verify that the bulbs work, and my turn signals work, and all the other idiot lights, just not the backlights. I have checked every fuse in the kickpanel and under the hood. Anything else I can check for this?

10-04-2008, 08:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
crash Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Aug 2000 Member # 1588 Location: GOLDBAR Posts: 12,654	What kinda rig we talkin about here __________________ Why is it we all are for doing the same thing--but yet we can not work together to achieve it Mike Crash Kash The new live streaming video crashfab Crashfab Shopcam

10-04-2008, 09:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
dopeassjackson Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 54522 Location: NY Posts: 2,746	did you hear a pop from by the plug you where plugging in or the cluster? __________________ 86 4runner 7MGE bobed, exo, SAS on 38s, 5.29, fully locked with duals/4.7 and 30spl longs

10-05-2008, 12:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
crash Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Aug 2000 Member # 1588 Location: GOLDBAR Posts: 12,654	Pull the cluster and look very closely at the inbeded copper plastc circuits for one thats smoked..... They are thin and will act like a fuse if they happen to make contact with anything metal... __________________ Why is it we all are for doing the same thing--but yet we can not work together to achieve it Mike Crash Kash The new live streaming video crashfab Crashfab Shopcam

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10-04-2008, 09:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
-=j0nnyr0773n=- Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120942 Location: Coeur d'alene, ID Posts: 80	Heh, sorry, gettin tired. 84 4runner with a 20r. Non sr5 cluster, just the normal one.

10-05-2008, 12:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
-=j0nnyr0773n=- Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120942 Location: Coeur d'alene, ID Posts: 80	If i remembery correctly it was from under the dash drivers side where i was plugging in the plug on the bottom of the steering column but can't remember for 100%, don't think it came from cluster tho.

10-05-2008, 09:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
-=j0nnyr0773n=- Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 120942 Location: Coeur d'alene, ID Posts: 80	Ok, so I put a different rheostat (dimmer switch) in there from my old dash panel and everything works fine. Thanks for the help guys