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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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Two days ago (or so) i did the odometer fix in my 95 glt, went out for a test run and everything was workin fine, until i turned the lights on, and one of the bulbs in my cluster wasnt lighting up. Its the one in the middle slightly to the left (when looking at the cluster from the front that is). Most of the time only the left one is out so the left half of the speedo and the temp gauge are dark. At other times the entire speedo went out, and part of the rpms i believe. When i was doin the fix i was kinda stuck at one point and took out a bulb out of curiousity. i believe it was the same one, being one of the bigger ones towards the middle of the cluster. Anyhows i ignored it and planned on fixin it in the future until earlier today while driving, the cluster bulbs started randomly going on and off, and at times even flashing at random intervals. The lights behind the climate control, and radio were also doing this. Could this be because I put the bulb in incorrectly? or poss when i was putting the back half of the cluster and the faceplate back together, i misalinged one of those pins or something? Help would be appreciated, this issues freakin me out a bit
 
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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Sounds like a ground wire loose to me.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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Try to slide the dimmer to a different position or just slide it back and forth a bunch of times - they are notorious for getting a dead spot.

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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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i took it apart again today to make sure i reassembled correctly, everything was fine. although i did remember that i removed the service reminder light out so i tried replacing it but nothing. when i put it back in, only the cluster bulb all the way to the right was lighting up

oh yea and i slid the thing too but nothing
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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I had a mess of dash light problems and replaced the dimmer switch and this fixed them.
 
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