No dash lights on my '65

[Jack44]

As stated...The dash lights do not go on...First thing, changed fuse...No...The Light switch does work to turn on headlights...and to turn on interior lights...

Just thought I'd ask if anyone had a quick idea...

 

[tigernut]

I had the same problem in my gauge console.

When I pulled the gauge console to restore it, I started to investigate and found that when I turned on the console lights, then jumpered the metal light body to a proper ground, it worked fine. This leads me to believe the actual gauge console is not grounded properly.

Haven't investigated further yet, but sounds like you may have a grounding issue as well.

Doug

 

[Subfixer]

Check my post on the other forum....

 

[magicv8]

Cluster ground or dimmer coil in the light switch - my best guess

 

[WayneC]

Check the tail lights; dunno why, but I have it in my head that the dash lights fail if a tail light fails. I'll probably check the diagrams later and find I'm hallucinating.