Does anyone have a part number for the light fixture in the front on the head liner, not the whole overhead console, but just the 2 bulb light fixture that has the twist in bulbs.

One of the kids was putting their feet up on the roof while laying down on the back seat and kicked it kinda hard, shattered it internally, probably heat brittle plastic, and the switch mechanism of it fell out in pieces as did part of one bulb fixture, its pretty busted.

I just want to buy a new fixture.

 

You have a pic? I thought your console was gone.

 

This is what it looked like before the foot impact

it appears to be the light fixture from a overhead console, installed into the headliner by itself, without the console itself.

I tried to put it back together, one light switch works, the other is busted internally, and even with the button put back on, that light just randomly turns on and off, and the switch does not change its function at all, i think the kick nailed the passenger side button on it, and broke the internal spring or something, so now the contacts are just flopping around or such, I know the button and some pieces all fell out at the same time, but i dont know where all the pieces went, i was too busy yelling at the kid and shouting, why the FFFF are your feet on the roof, and why did you kick the GGG DDDD light out? of course the kids answer was, i dont know........

 

Yes, original domelight unit from the original console, and all junkyard items now. It appears that the light unit was never available by it's self per the diagram. The switches are known to fall apart over time anyway.




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i have a overhead console on the way with the same options my truck has so it will give me spare parts for the A/C controls, light, vent windows, MPG display even though i already had mine repaired, and what not.

I actually left the little lens plastic piece off the MPG meter and it actually makes it operate cooler, and is easier to read, as well as instead of tinting the text green, its now like a soft digital blue, i prefer it this way.

I remember that thing after a long drive even at night was hot hot hot after a long drive, inefficient circuitry i guess, and on mine the reason it quit working was the power management bits melted out of their solder and one was sitting inside the plastic shell, i held it in place with a finger and the cord plugged in and it started working, so the reason they fail, is literally solder melt.

Those bits are on the bottom of the circuit board when its mounted in the truck, and thus hanging by the solder, so over time, with the solder heating up, cooling down, heating up, gravity slowly pulls them off the board and stretches the solder until it disconnects, simple problem, simple fix.

Mine has nice thick solder points now after Circuit board medics repaired it, that explains why they get dim too, when they get really dim, its because the solder has melted and is only slightly making the connection, not letting full power thru. I still sent it to them, because i cannot solder worth a damn, my left hand shakes a little due to a wrist injury, so i can't hold something in the left, and expect to make accurate solder lines with the right on a moving target.

 

In mine, I went in there and re soldered all of the joints for the capacitors, and surface resistors that you found loose. Common issue, cold solder joints mainly. Start collecting parts, you're gonna need them....

 

The good news is, other then that, everything else works, and is solid, the truck has been bullet proof reliable, but we did pretty much go through the whole thing mechanically at this point other than the drive shaft and the transmission. And as soon as i get back from a road trip the rear axle is getting its overhaul, the shop advised a long non-stop road trip on non-worn in gears is a good way to mess them up early.

The plan at this point is to do 4.30 gears, a custom diff cover, bearings end to end, and for the differential itself, im debating, because it acts like it might already have a locker, i haven't jacked up the *** and tried to turn both wheels, but when i punch it on wet surface or dirt/gravel both tires go at the same time, so seems like it, but not sure until we crack it open.

All the suspension is already new, also strongly thinking about doing a 4 inch aluminum drive shaft for it, with the intent of making it more efficient, and also so it handles higher shaft speeds without throwing itself apart, because I don't want to give up my cruising speed for getting from our ranch in nowhere usa to town and back.