94 Corolla: lights on dash board and shift went off

All the lights on the dash board (except the left and right "turn
light") couldn't be turned on, also the lights on the shift. I took
out the dash board and checked the lights on the back of the circuit
board. They looked good to me. Should I check the fuse? If so, which
fuse to check? Is it the fuse named "guage"?

Thanks.
Jason

[email]jiangcomm@gmail.com[/email] (Jason) wrote:
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>All the lights on the dash board (except the left and right "turn
>light") couldn't be turned on, also the lights on the shift. I took
>out the dash board and checked the lights on the back of the circuit
>board. They looked good to me. Should I check the fuse? If so, which
>fuse to check? Is it the fuse named "guage"?
>
>Thanks.
>Jason[/color]

You're putting us on, right?!
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-Gord.

"I'm trying to get as old as I can,
and it must be working 'cause I'm
the oldest now that I've ever been"

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:11:04 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:
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> [email]jiangcomm@gmail.com[/email] (Jason) wrote:
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>>All the lights on the dash board (except the left and right "turn light")
>>couldn't be turned on, also the lights on the shift. I took out the dash
>>board and checked the lights on the back of the circuit board. They
>>looked good to me. Should I check the fuse? If so, which fuse to check?
>>Is it the fuse named "guage"?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>Jason[/color]
>
> You're putting us on, right?![/color]

Actually, the fuse marked guage, I think, controls the guages themselves
(I don't remember...in all the time I've been 'modifying' Corolla wiring
for stereos, custom lights, alarms, wtc, it's the only one I HAVEN'T blown!)

My bet is if it isn't a fuse, which would be very good for you, it is a
connector that has come loose behind the cluster. Since you have the
cluster out already, look for a loose wire in a connector.

I suppose I should have done this in my Mom's car two years ago, but
removing the dash cluster is such a PAIN!

hachiroku <ae86@Trueno.GTS> wrote:
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>On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:11:04 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:
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>> [email]jiangcomm@gmail.com[/email] (Jason) wrote:
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>>>All the lights on the dash board (except the left and right "turn light")
>>>couldn't be turned on, also the lights on the shift. I took out the dash
>>>board and checked the lights on the back of the circuit board. They
>>>looked good to me. Should I check the fuse? If so, which fuse to check?
>>>Is it the fuse named "guage"?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>Jason[/color]
>>
>> You're putting us on, right?![/color]
>
>Actually, the fuse marked guage, I think, controls the guages themselves
>(I don't remember...in all the time I've been 'modifying' Corolla wiring
>for stereos, custom lights, alarms, wtc, it's the only one I HAVEN'T blown!)
>
>My bet is if it isn't a fuse, which would be very good for you, it is a
>connector that has come loose behind the cluster. Since you have the
>cluster out already, look for a loose wire in a connector.
>
>I suppose I should have done this in my Mom's car two years ago, but
>removing the dash cluster is such a PAIN![/color]

That's what I meant...I can't imagine taking that dash apart
rather than just looking for a fuse...
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-Gord.

"I'm trying to get as old as I can,
and it must be working 'cause I'm
the oldest now that I've ever been"

"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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>Or before checking the fuse, turning the dash light dimmer knob.
>
>Here's the order I would have used,
>
>1) Turn the dimmer knob
>2) Check lighting and gauge fuses
>3) Check the dimmer knob rheostat
>4) Check for loose connections at the rheostat
>5) Check the cluster[/color]

Yep...agree...
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-Gord.

"I'm trying to get as old as I can,
and it must be working 'cause I'm
the oldest now that I've ever been"