dash/running lights issues:-banghead
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dash/running lights issues:-banghead
ok so my turn signals quit working about 5 or 6 days ago. i have found the problem just have not had time to fix them. so now about 2 days ago my damn dash lights started flickering very randomly and when they flicker so do my running/clearance lights. so no i am all kinds of stumped. i have replaced the headlight switch and still not fixed. although i can hear a light click noise when they do flicker on and off behind the dash but cannot seem to track it down. does any one have any ideas at all?
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ok cool i will look into that. the short tripping the internal circuit breaker sound very likely due to the fact that i have some other wires in the harness that re in very bad shape. and i am going to be replacing them this weekend as soon as i can. thanks guys. i let you know what i find out.
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Welcome to the site. Sounds like it could possibly be a short somewhere that is randomly shorting out causing the lights to flicker. I'd look for badly spliced wires or wires where the coating is worn off and shorting out.
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Use motorcraft switches if at all possible.
Borg/warner makes reliable quality switches as well.
Don't buy the cheapest asian stuff they push in the autopart stores. I have to agree with steponit.
Borg/warner makes reliable quality switches as well.
Don't buy the cheapest asian stuff they push in the autopart stores. I have to agree with steponit.
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ok well the trans is done and fixed now to move on to lighting and braking issues. i hope they go as well or better than the trans. then when those things are fixed i should be good to go for awhile. i hope.
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There is a main dash ground that hooks to the dash metal.
There is a ground strap that is supposed to hook the firewall of the cab to the engine.
Make sure both are clean and tight.
There are over a dozen that could theoreticly be bad in various places on the truck.
There is a ground strap that is supposed to hook the firewall of the cab to the engine.
Make sure both are clean and tight.
There are over a dozen that could theoreticly be bad in various places on the truck.
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ok another thing. I have replaced the headlight switch with a good one and still have the same clicking noise going on in my headlight switch an it also gets really hot. could it just be that the switch i got for it was bad also?
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Check the wire for your gear shift indicator on the column. At some time in the life of my Bronco before I bought it someone had been in there and that wire was pinched. It finally shorted out (took 2 years) and your problems sound just like the PIA problems I went through.