Cluster lights out

twastheglow · Post by **twastheglow** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:39 am

My cluster bulbs are out on both sides. They were like that when I bought the car. I checked the fuse and it's intact so I removed the cluster to replace the bulbs but the bulbs aren't blown. So what else could cause those to small cluster bulbs to not function?

stewart in slc · Post by **stewart in slc** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:04 pm

Are they getting juice?

twastheglow · Post by **twastheglow** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:13 pm

I pulled the bulbs and checked the plugs with a voltmeter and nothing.

twastheglow · Post by **twastheglow** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:47 pm

After fooling around with everything long enough, it looks like the headlight switch is bad.

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:39 pm

twastheglow wrote:After fooling around with everything long enough, it looks like the headlight switch is bad.

It's not uncommon the winding that provides dimming is the problem. Before you go to a new one spray some contact cleaner on it and rotate it back a bunch of times quickly. Remove it to do this. Often they will be a little flaky and only work at a couple of spots in the rotation.

twastheglow · Post by **twastheglow** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:47 pm

Mike W. wrote:
twastheglow wrote:After fooling around with everything long enough, it looks like the headlight switch is bad.
It's not uncommon the winding that provides dimming is the problem. Before you go to a new one spray some contact cleaner on it and rotate it back a bunch of times quickly. Remove it to do this. Often they will be a little flaky and only work at a couple of spots in the rotation.

Excellent advice, thank you. I'll definitely try that first. Any specifics on how to remove it?

Mike

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