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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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69 dash light problem

Another obnoxious elect question lol
I recently painted my grill and changed wire looms for headlight and turn signals with much better non cracked wires .I had to ground the grill seperate with a small wire attached to the grill to get the turn indicator on the right to work but I figured it was cause the grille was painted and not making as good of ground .So all the headlights and turns sig work fine now but now the dash lights are not working .I did move the volt regulator too from rad support to inner fender not sure if that would matter .I cannot figure out why the dash worked fine before and now they will not light up or an other interior guage lights .The strange thing is the high beam blue ind light works in gauges and interior light works still off the headlight switch .
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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This may not be the correct answer, but I can tell you from experience you had better have the voltage regulator grounded very good or you will have all kinds of electrical problems.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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yeah I hear you on that one but that is grounded well .I just am wondering if it maybe if it needs to be replaced .Could this be it maybe ?
 
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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it sounds like a grounding problem in the dash look behind the dash and chk all grounds make sure there clean then go under the hood do the same and i agree with the other guy make sure the regulator has a clean ground
 
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 11:29 PM
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would the ground behind the dash just go bad and where is the ground usually at back there ?
 
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Old Oct 15, 2011 | 03:11 PM
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it should be screwed into the steering column brace its either loose or maybe rusted
 
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Old Oct 15, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Make sure you have a good ground wire from engine to firewall. Lack of this will also give you some strange problems.
 
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