Thread: Dash is dead no lights no gauges nothing
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Old April 10th, 2019, 08:05 PM
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Default Dash is dead no lights no gauges nothing
Well I knew it'd happen eventually. I killed a big part of Cecilia and now I don't know what to do to fix it.

Lil' history:
My gas gauge never registers empty even though it's new. Empty gauge = no resistance on the wire. Full gauge = 100% resistance. So it's getting some resistance somewhere.

I narrowed it down to the dash gauge, possibly the electrical plug back there. When I wiggled the wires it would work for a second, then go back to 1/4 or 1/8th of a tank.


So I rigged up a wire from the negative lead on the battery and touched it to my fuel gauge. It worked! But as I pulled it away, I accidentally tapped the other side of the gauge (closest to the speedometer) and ZAP!! Sparks flew.

Now nothing on the instrument panel works. I checked the glass fuses and they're all OK. Is there a hidden fuse somewhere?

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