Glowe box compartment light not working

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dapalmovic
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Glowe box compartment light not working

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I have replaced the lamp inside of glowe box compartment and it is not working. Checked the wirtes and found out that they are not conected under the dashbord. I've tested the instaltion of lamp and it is working. How to connect correctly the wiress?
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Electrical diagrams are available, google bmw e12 electrical diagram
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do you have power to the light?
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RonDwyer wrote:do you have power to the light?
As I've said one red/white wire is disconected/cut out under the instrument panell.
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Depending on similarity to your car model and year, maybe this will help #43
http://www.firstfives.org/bboard/viewto ... w=previous
1981 Sapphire blue automatic
Hit 200k mi. on Fathers Day 2016!
250k October 2020
Family owned since new
Route 150 between Ojai and Santa Barbara
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