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Wierd Light problem 700 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be AP on  Wed May 29 18:13 CST 2002 [RELATED]

I have a vexing little problem with some lights in my 740 GLE's dashboard. The display in the factory stereo keeps going out. It's completely unpredictable, having nothing to do with warming up or cooling down or if the headlights or running lights are on. Sometimes the display works fine, sometimes plucking it with a finger brings it back, sometimes it doesn't work at all. I don't think it's a fuse cause it happens without any appearant ryme or reason. At first the lights on the climate control system didn't work either, now they do, but the stereo still won't display. The only other problem up there is a engine coolent teperture gage that is very dim. I'm not even sure if these problems are related. Does anybody have any suggestion on what to check?








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    Wierd Light problem 700 1986

    posted by  someone claiming to be Oil Eater on  Thu May 30 07:26 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    I had a similar problem although it was more pronounced. The first thing I would do is to remove the dashboard cluster. You will find on the back, there is a little "box" behind the light dimmer knnob. This is actually the back of the light dimmer, itself, and has three wires coming out of the back (red, blue and black). My problem was a lose connection which was rectified by tightening the screw. (They all looked tight too). Anyway, I would start there with a screwdriver on the head of the three screws, not just by looking. If you don't find one that needs tightening, I would suggest swapping out the dimmer entirely. I still have my spare from the junkyard gage cluster I got to repair an unrelated broblem.

    jeremy.hart@snet.net







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