Instrument lights dead

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Originally Posted by soundguy

Removed the instrument panel today. All the connections look good and appear to be solid. No broken wires I can see. As long as I had the whole thing apart, I replaced nearly all the bulbs. Went back together easily enough, but still have the original problem- no backlights on the Tach, speedo, temp/fuel gauges. So driving at night can't see any of that. The small lights within each of those are working ( high beams, turn signals, etc )

Any ideas what to try next? Thanks.

The bulbs for the tach, speedo and temp/fuel gauges are different from the other bulbs, did you replace them with the green based ones or black? I mistakenly used the black ones and they didn't work, once I put in the green ones they worked.

Something to try, anyway.

[soundguy]

Yes, I replaced the 2 green bulbs, but no joy. It's very strange, since the 2 green bulbs seem to be the only ones not working. Probably going to take it apart AGAIN tomorrow and look closer at the boards and ribbon connectors.

I really appreciate people still chiming in with ideas. Thanks all.

[soundguy]

Turned out to be the ignition switch. Crazy that a failing ignition switch would cause such a minor and specific problem. Oh well, back in business!

Thank you everyone for your help. And thank you Pelican for this awesome community.