Date:         Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:53:42 -0600
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From:         Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dash wiring help needed
Comments: cc: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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Ben
  Are they dimmed or turned off at the dimmer wheel?


On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:39:10 -0700
> From:    BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Dash wiring help needed
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> I bought his 88 Canadian Doublecab some time ago. I'm now in the
> midst of
> trying to figure out why the dash lights don't work. I've already
> eliminated
> the bulbs as I tested them individually. Not only that, I put a
> completely
> different cluster which worked fine in another van. The headlight
> switch has
> been replaced as well with a known good one.
>
> Herein came the problem. I saw that the previous owner wired the
> radio to
> the ignition switch wire. Now the radio powers on or off when the
> key is
> removed. Doesn't seem smart since that makes the radio presets go
> out when
> no "on all the time" power is provided. That's not really the issue
> but I am
> concerned that it might be affecting my dash lights. What most
> concerns me
> is trio of wires which were taped together. One wire is obviously
> Brown for
> ground. Another wire is Blue/Grey. The third is Black/Yellow.
>
> Does anybody know what these wires are for? I'm wiring diagram
> challenged.
>
> For that matter, can someone tell me where the dash light power
> comes from?
>
>
> TIA,
>
> BenT