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Old 05-29-07, 07:08 PM
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Default Cluster lighting help!
I change a few burnt bulbs, in the cluster, in my SC. I put it back in, and the backlighting isnt working at all!

The needles are fine, turn signal and brights indicator are fine, but NO backlighting for the gauges.

What could I have done? If I have the polarity backwards on one bulb, would it cause this?
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Old 05-30-07, 11:13 AM
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Dang, I thought someone would know. I dont guess I could of posted this in the sc300 section?
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Old 05-30-07, 11:33 AM
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May be something is not pluged in correctly. Did you check dimer setting.
Where did you get parts?
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I only changed three bulbs. I got them from an electronics supply place. I plugged in the dimmer, and adjusted it back and forth. It adjusted the needle brightness, but the backlighting is out.
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Backlight is designed into the three top ribbon cables.
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So I should pull it out and make sure theyre connected properly? I sure hope its as easy as that.
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yes that the first step to take.
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did you fix it?
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Not yet. Ill give an update.
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