Recent content by Steve Clason

May God grant your family His peace and comfort

My barracuda and a friends valiant were the only 2 a-bodies at the 3500 car cruise in at the Essenhause in Middlebury, Indiana

Yes the little inst fuse is what is blowing. Everything else electrical works fine.

No console. Just one under dash courtesy light and the 2 courtesy lights in the rear seat area. Pillar lights are what a couple molar friends called them.

will do. Had a problem with pillar light but now I wonder about the under dash being the problem

The fuse is the instrument cluster fuse. That’s what keep blowing. Battery disconnected for sure. Will try the suggestions soon. Had to put cluster back in for a cruise tonight. Hopefully will get back to this Monday. Really hope Friday but wife had some plans

So I've been having a terrible time getting dash lights to work. I replaced the circuit boards and the lights still don't work. I did have them working a couple years ago. I've tried the fuse but it blows as soon as the light switch is on. So today I pulled the dash to my bench and started...

Finally got it. No problems on my last outing. Wires wore bare going across the header between the pillar post sockets. There was no grommet where the wire went through the header frame. Found a similar problem where the wires to the front bumper turn signal. So thanks all for the variety of...

Problem fixed. I think will know after tonight’s cruise in. Bad post socket.

Thanks I'll check those things you suggested

So I've pulled the dash, disconnected the light switch, ignition switch, so I'm thinking maybe bulkhead? This did have a complete wiring harness within the last three years. My wife reminded me it seemed to start having problems after a trailer ride. Things I've not checked include the dimmer...

Will do on the bulbs. My sockets are metal

Second courtesy light pulled no change.

Yes it does. Pulled one no change. Going to pull other next

So deep dive shows the entire car is hot. Hooked ohmmeter to positive cable when unhooked from battery. Ground to battery also unhooked. Any metal gives continuity engine, dashboard etc. ran down dash wiring and the other under dash. Catching my breath since it’s 86 with dew point of 78...